joining us is presidential historian, ted widmer has selected the most compelling and important recordings then wrote annotations to put them into context. also ellen fitzpatrick professor of history at the university of new hampshire. also frequent contributor to our forum. tom putnam the outstanding director to bring energy to preserve our nation's history. and our good friend tom oliphant who will serve as tonight's moderator. the features speaker is really president kennedy who'd july 1962 installed hidden recording systems and the cabinet room and office to have a record of deliberations and exchanges during his of frustration. plc used a dictaphone to record his personal observations after meetings and events. we that you would like to see the actual dictaphone he used before becoming president. we invite you to look at after the forum. this is the real thing when he used in the senate would use stapp as the president is in the museum for the cuban missile crisis those who wrote for kennedy, a servant him comment to him as a friend had their own take, interpretation and their own spi

and so ted widmer did a great job of picking out highlights that were not just interesting but also wereignificant and representative of the larger crises that were happening. so it's a combination of really good editing and the archivists now this stuff. and the archivists that work in the national archives across our system are incredible. >> as you listen to this, caroline, anything you heard changed the way you looked at your own father? >> well, i feel lucky that there are so many records of him, so that, you know, it's a way of connecting. and also just seeing him at work is so interesting because kids always want to know what their parents do at work. and your kids get to watch you on tv. >> they don't. >> but it's really different. >> they never watch. >> it's so interesting. it obviously made me really proud. so that was nice. >> so just because people are going to -- their appetite is going to be whet by this, this is the book that's available. obviously the transcripts are here, if people want to hear more of the audio, how? >> they can go online at www.jfklibrary.org website

. >> caroline kennedy joins "listening in" editor ted widmer in a discussion on the 1962 recordings of the late president in the oval office, tuesday evening at 7:00, as "book tv" continues through the holiday on c-span2. >> i was 9 and i was handing out leaflets for robert kennedy. when i was 10, i made a big decision and broke with the democratic party and went to work for john lindsay, who was running for mayor of new york. i went down to the liberal party. [laughter] i was handing out leaflets on a street corner in new york. and a woman thought this was really cute, this little boy handing out leaflets. she asked me why, and i made the case for lindsey. got an early start on my political consulting career. i made the case against his opponent as well. [laughter] she said, "that's so cute." she said, "this is for you." she hands me a box of what looked to be pastries, a white box with string. i took it back to the liberal party headquarters. we opened it up. there was all these doughnuts and a lot of $10 bills. so in one of my early lessons in politics, the district leader grabbed t