he did a book on vicksburg. i i apologize, i'm blanking on disney but he just passed away recently. >> caller: i recall that now. >> host: he is written a the book on vicksburg as well. thanks for your time this afternoon. we really appreciate it and thanks for watching. janet, are you there? delaware. >> caller: hello. >> host: you have to hit the volume on your tv. turn it off trejo i've turned it down the volume, yes. >> host: all right. what are you reading? who is your favorite author? who have you enjoyed watching on tvs in-depth program? >> caller: actually the book i'm presently reading is that the book i'm calling about. i'm presently reading isabel wilkerson cast, but she doesn't address in this book, she did in the warmth of other suns the subject am really reading about it three of the books and that's the gato and wanted to mention my favorite books. i'm african-american and and is born, i'm ed, born and lived in the gato intel is able to escape it because you have to escape the gato. but the first

>>caller: i'm calling from vicksburg. i look forward to watching c-span every weekend and the first sunday of the month to see the latest author will be. i will tell you. right now i am reading. host: please hit the mute button on your tv. >>caller: my favorite book of nonfiction is coming of age and mississippi she wrote the memoir 1968 and it's the only book i have read twice my favorite book the affection by toni morrison. i know you've had tony on several times but i don't recall you having and moody. host: and her book came out in 1968? we started in 1998 so perhaps she had passed by that point or not an active writer. >>caller: i think she passed a few years ago but that maybe you just had her on one of your shows. host: that does not ring a bell we have been limited over the years as you know staying with nonfiction that is an appropriate but given the title. >> that's a great book i'm just a book person and i love books. host: what is sitting on your table right now? >> i have a lot of books sitting on my table bu

i am calling from vicksburg. i look forward to watching c-span every weekend especially the first sunday of the month to see who the latest author would be. i will tell you. right now. >> hit the mute on your tv before we go any further. >> i'm sorry. my favorite book of nonfiction is coming-of-age in mississippi. i think she wrote the mmr in 1968. the only book i have read twice in the book of fiction. i know you had told me on several times but i don't recall you having and moody on do you recall? >> no her book came out in 1968? we started 1998. so perhaps she had passed by that point war was not active. >>caller: i think maybe she passed two years ago but i thought maybe you just had her on one of your shows. >> that does not ring a bell. we have limited over the years and has stayed with nonfiction that would have been a very appropriate but given the title. >> it is required reading and mississippi virginia one - - here in the schools i love book books. host: what is on your book table right now? >> i have

. >> lot of history in vicksburg, mississippi. ever read any historical books about the civil war, especially the attack on vicksburg and the battle that ahead there. >> right. right now i'm trying to think of the author's name. i can't think of it right now. he did do a book on vicksburg. is it hoffman? the gentleman who wrote mississippi and africa? >> and there's another guy who just passed away, also wrote forest gump and did a book on vicksburg and i apologize, i'm blanking on his name. he u.s.e passed away. >> he did. >> he's written a book on vicksburg. thank you for watching. janet. >> hello. >> delaware. >> high. >> janet? we need you -- >> i'm here. >> you have to hit the volume on your tv. turn it off. >> okay. i've turned it down, the volume, yes. >> thank you. >> all right. what are you read being who is your favorite author, who have you enjoyed watching on booktv's "in depth" program. >> well, actually the book i'm presently reading is not the book i'm calling about. i'm presently reading isabelle wilkerson's caste

a lot of history in vicksburg, mississippi.ry read any books historical books about the civil war, especially the attack on vicksburg and the battles that happened there? >> caller: right. right now i'm trying to think of the author's name. can't he did a book on version -- vicksburg, is is how thorp? wrote mississippi in africa. >> host: there's another guy who just passed away, also wrote forrest for forest gump and did a book on vicksburg. just passed away. thank you for your time this afternoon. we really appreciate it and thank you for watching. >> host: janet, ba, delaware. hi, janet. >> caller: hi. >> host: janet, we need -- >> i'm here. >> host: hit the volume on your tv. turn it off. >> caller: okay. i've turned it down, the volume, yes. >> host: thank you. all right. what are you reading? who is you fair rid author? who have you enjoyed walking on "in depth"? >> caller: actually the book i'm presently reading is not the book i'm calling about. i'm presently reading isabelle will -- welkerson's castey but she doesn't a

the one he right to grant after vicksburg when he says look, i wasn't sure you cou do this. i didn't reay believe in the strategy. i just want to go on recor as saying i was wrong and you are right. >> h says i was wrong, i was wrong, sorry. he really didn't let ego g in his way. >> let's take one last question and people like us always get is question. how would reconstruction have been different? now we get into counterfactual history. my belief, my belief, and i don't know if you agree with m he certainly would've handled it much better than andrew johnson did. much better. i believe he wld've wanted to sport the freedmen's bureau and suppt the idea of 40 acres and a mule. he was such a belief in free labor. ihink he wouldn't try to encourage the advance of formally elaved people, their advancement both politically and economically. when push came to shove we have the resurgence of thesehite supremacist group i think he would have putis foot down fairly firmly at thatoint. i firmly believe that. what's your feeling about that, jim? >> well, as you say it's all counterfact

i am calling from vicksburg mississippi. i look forward to watching c-span to every weekend and especially the first sunday of the month to see who the latest author will be. i will tell you can hit you hit the mute on the tv. my favorite book of nonfiction is coming of age in mississippi by enmity i think she wrote her memoir in 1968. it is the only book that i have read twice. my favorite book of fiction is song of solomon by toni morrison. i know you had have tony on several times but i don't recall ever having in moody on. >> if her book came out in 1968 book tv started in 1998. i think she passed maybe two years ago. another producer is looking up right now. she does not ring a bell. we had limited over the years we stayed with a nonfiction that would've been and a very appropriate book given the title . >> is required reading here in mississippi. i'm just a book person, i love books. what book is sitting on your table right now. i just finished reading claudia ran kinds book. just as and i am presently reading her othe

he wrote a book on vicksburg as well. thank you for your time this afternoon, we really appreciate and thank you for watching. host: janet and delaware, hi. we have to hit the volume on your tv, turn it off. host: i turned it down. host: what are you reading and what your favorite author and who have you enjoyed reading. caller: the book that i'm presently reading is not the book i'm calling about i am presently reading isabel isabel wilkerson's but she does not address in this book, she did and the other one the subject that i'm really reading about and three other books, that is the ghetto and i wanted to mention my favorite books i am african-american and i was born, i'm 80 years old and i lived in the ghetto until i was able to escape because you have to escape the ghetto but the first book that i read that was like a bible to me and explaining to me the construction and persistence of the ghetto and that was a book that was written in 1993, the segregation in the making of the underclass and i will never forget one o

and the one he writes to grant after vicksburg.n he says i wasn't sure you could do this and i didn't believe in the strategy. i just want to go on record saying i was wrong and you were right. >> the says i was wrong, i was wrong, sorry issue was wrong. he really didn't let ego get in his way. >> or ideology. crucial to understanding his capacity as a leader. so, let's take one last question because this is a big one and people like us always get this question. how would reconstruction have been had lincoln lived?how would it have been different? >> now we get into counterfactual history. my belief and jim i don't now if you agree -- he would have healthed it much better than andrew johnson did and i believe he would have wanted to support the freedman's bureau and the idea of 40 acres and a mule he was such a believer in free labor. i think he would have tried to encourage the advance of formerly enslaved people. both politically and economically, and i think when push came to shove and you had rue sir generals of the white supre

union veteran,e a guy named harry bowser, became addicted to morphine in a vicksburg army hospital in 18 624. he described -- when he was trying to apply for a pension where he ultimately never got. 1915, he died of chronic soldier is in indiana. lived twoe ultimately thirds of his life addicted to morphine. that's a long time. for veterans like bowser and john urich, it was a lifelong disability. something that never went away. for what it's worth, i wasn't surprised when i did this research on veterans opiate addiction after the civil war, i wasn't surprised how long addiction could last. really long-term consequence of the civil war. i think it's one of the key payoffs of looking into this topic. healths the civil war crisis was not just contained or compartmentalized into the 1860's. the civil war started a health crisis that lasted for a generation, even into the 20th century. it was a long-term health crisis. back to john and fanny. war'ss how the civil health crisis spawned this epidemic of drug addiction among veterans. that's the backdrop in which our protagonists have found

for example, one union veteran, a guy named harry bowser, became addicted to morphine in a vicksburg army hospital in 18 64. he described the circumstances that led him to addiction to the u.s. pension bureau when he was trying to apply for a pension, which he ultimately never got. fast-forward to 1915, about 50 years after the civil war, and bowser died of "chronic mo phiniam" in indiana. that means this guy ultimately lived two thirds of his life addicted to morphine. that's a long time. for veterans like bowser and ultimately fell into this category, opiate addiction was a lifelong disability. something that never went away. for what it's worth, i wasn't at actuallyprised how long addiction could last. it was really a long-term health consequence of the civil war. for me, i think that was one of the key payoffs of looking into this topic. it shows that the civil war's health crisis wasn't just contained or compartmentalized into the 1860's. the civil war started a health crisis that lasted in many cases for a generation, even into the 20th century, it was a long-term health crisis