his insight on economic relations between the two countries. >> hi. >> hello. >> reporter: i met thomas clark at the accj office in central tok tokyo. in addition to being on the apec task force there, clark is vice president of government relations asia at ge capital. >> u.s. president obama has set a goal to double exports from the united states by the year 201537. how will this be realized and what kind of role does japan play in this? >> well, japan plays really a vital role. i mean, japan is obviously a great partner of the united states in the asia-pacific region. japan and the united states share so many values in terms of commitment to the rule of law, being democracies. it could do more, we think, to stimulate direct foreign investment. unfortunately, if you look at the oecd countries, foreign direct investment into japan is only about 4% of japanese gdp and that is the low of the average of oecd countries. but looking particularly in this year of japan's leader ship of apec and next year to the u.s. leadership, we think apec will stimulate japan's embracing an inclusive trade archit

thomas d. clark, author of the kentucky, who took me to see the subject river when we visited him in lexington. i interviewed frank waters who wrote the colorado at his home outside taos, new mexico, and corresponded with tennessee historian wilma dikeman about her book, the french broad. minnesota historian james taylor dunn sent me longhand written letters about his writing the st. croix as did william ellis, author of the cuyahoga and margaret san born, author of the american, river of el dorado, the last volume in the river series, became a close friend until her death. all were gracious and provided invaluable information about their books, and some of them would later tell their stories here at the library of congress. a stroke of good fortune occurred when i wrote to henry holt and company to inquire if they had any files relating to the series. i was stunned when they invited me to their new york office, gave me unrestricted access to their files and even provided a copy machine for my use. t