the earliest book is actually ben franklin's book on electricity and thomas keynes book. many of them identified the we were becoming or aspirations we have had. others told about experiences that we had uniquely as americans. we also thought that it was very important to look at nonfiction and books that either were self- help for kind of broken barriers of certain kinds. there are many books that are innovative, that showed america as an innovative country. that use the books and stories to inspire going to the frontier. that could be literally or in the intellectual sense. >> if you like to participate in an on-line discussion with the associate librarian at the library of congress, one of people than ever on book tv, we would like to hear from you. e-mail us at booktv@cspan.org. >> if this was the scene about 9:00 eastern just after 9:00 eastern this morning in norfolk, virginia, in front of the uss wisconsin after mitt romney announced that paul ryan would be his selection to be a vice president and running mate. they barnstormed the state today after this announceme