but we have it through oral tradition that the mayor velella velella robust digital bid, said in a chair and burst through the caning. and then it was retained perry's apparently that is the only non original part of this chair. >> but that is not a document is story. >> i have not seen it documented in any way, but that was passed to me in our tradition. >> thank you for sharing this part of your collection >> my pleasure. thank you for being here. >> you're watching book tv to let television for serious readers. you can watch any program that you see here on line as booktv.org. up next on book tv after words with guest host matthew continuity, editor of the washington freebie can believe this week other cox richardson and her new book to make men free, a history of the republican party that in its discusses the was republican belief articulated by lincoln that government is supposed to promote economic opportunity for all. she explores the party's repeated abandonment of that principle and the 20th-century and its return to its roots after every economic collapse. this program is about