Booknotes is an American television series on the C-SPAN network hosted by Brian Lamb, which originally aired from 1989 to 2004. The format of the show is a one-hour, one-on-one interview with a non-fiction author. The series was broadcast at 8 p.m. Eastern Time each Sunday night, and was the longest-running author interview program in U.S. broadcast history.
First broadcast(with link totranscript / video) Author Book Subject matterJanuary 5, 1997Edward Jay EpsteinDossier: The Secret History of Armand HammerArmand HammerJanuary 12, 1997Robert FerrellThe Strange Deaths of President HardingWarren G. HardingJanuary 19, 1997Alfred ZacherTrial and Triumph: Presidential Power in the Second TermPresident of the United StatesJanuary 23, 1997Anita HillSpeaking Truth to PowerMemoir/Autobiography; Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nominationJanuary 26, 1997David BoazLibertarianism: A PrimerLibertarianismFebruary 2, 1997Henry GrunwaldOne Man's America: A Journalist's Search for the Heart of His CountryMemoir/Autobiography; Journalism; Time MagazineFebruary 9, 1997John BradyBad Boy: The Life and Politics of Lee AtwaterLee AtwaterFebruary 16, 1997Katharine GrahamPersonal HistoryMemoir/Autobiography; The Washington Post; The Washington Post CompanyFebruary 23, 1997 and March 2, 1997Sam TanenhausWhittaker Chambers: A BiographyWhittaker ChambersMarch 9, 1997Sarah GordonPassage to Union: How the Railroads Transformed American Life, 1829-1929History of rail transport in North AmericaMarch 16, 1997John FialkaWar By Other Means: Economic Espionage in AmericaIndustrial espionageMarch 23, 1997Jon KatzVirtuous Reality: How America Surrendered Discussion of Moral Values to Opportunists, Nitwits & Blockheads Like William BennettWilliam BennettMarch 30, 1997Claude Andrew Clegg IIIAn Original Man: The Life and Times of Elijah MuhammadElijah MuhammadApril 6, 1997Keith RichburgOut of America: A Black Man Confronts AfricaAfricaApril 13, 1997David HorowitzRadical Son: A Generational OdysseyMemoir/Autobiography; American LeftApril 20, 1997Leonard GarmentCrazy Rhythm: My Journey From Brooklyn, Jazz, and Wall Street, to Nixon's White House, Watergate and BeyondMemoir/Autobiography; Billie Holiday :Category:Presidency of Richard NixonApril 27, 1997Stephen OatesThe Approaching Fury: Voices of the Storm, 1820-1861Origins of the American Civil WarMay 4, 1997Christopher BuckleyWry MartinisEssaysMay 11, 1997Richard Bernstein and Ross H. MunroThe Coming Conflict with ChinaSino-American relationsMay 18, 1997Anne MatthewsBright College Years: Inside the American Campus TodayHigher education in the United StatesMay 25, 1997Jane Holtz KayAsphalt Nation: How the Automobile Took Over America and How We Can Take It BackAutomotive industry in the United StatesJune 1, 1997Jill KrementzThe Writer's DeskCreative writing; Kurt VonnegutJune 8, 1997Pavel PalazchenkoMy Years With Gorbachev and Shevardnadze: The Memoir of a Soviet InterpreterMemoir/Autobiography; Mikhail Gorbachev; Eduard ShevardnadzeJune 15, 1997Walter A. McDougallPromised Land, Crusader State: The American Encounter with the World Since 1776Foreign policy of the United StatesJune 22, 1997James HumesConfessions of a White House Ghostwriter: Five Presidents and other Political AdventuresMemoir/Autobiography; SpeechwritingJune 29, 1997Walter CronkiteA Reporter's LifeMemoir/Autobiography; Journalism; CBS NewsJuly 6, 1997Jack RakoveOriginal Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the ConstitutionThe U.S. ConstitutionJuly 13, 1997Tom Clancy and Gen. Fred FranksInto the Storm: A Study in CommandGeneral officers in the United States; General (United States)July 20, 1997Robert HughesAmerican Visions: The Epic History of Art in AmericaVisual art of the United StatesJuly 27, 1997Sylvia Jukes MorrisRage for Fame: The Ascent of Clare Boothe LuceClare Boothe LuceAugust 3, 1997LeAlan JonesOur America: Life and Death on the South Side of ChicagoGhetto Life 101; Ida B. Wells HomesAugust 10, 1997James TobinErnie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War IIErnie PyleAugust 17, 1997Pauline MaierAmerican Scripture: Making the Declaration of IndependenceThe United States Declaration of IndependenceAugust 24, 1997Peter MaasUnderboss: Sammy The Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the MafiaSammy "The Bull" GravanoAugust 28, 1997John BerendtMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah StorySavannah, Georgia; Jim WilliamsAugust 31, 1997Frank McCourtAngela's AshesMemoir/Autobiography; Limerick, Ireland; Brooklyn, New York; Irish Americans; Malachy McCourt; Alphie McCourtSeptember 7, 1997Brian BurrellThe Words We Live By: The Creeds, Mottoes, and Pledges That Have Shaped AmericaCreeds; Mottoes; Oaths; The Pledge of Allegiance; "In God We Trust"September 14, 1997John TolandCaptured By History: One Man's Vision of Our Tumultuous Century20th centurySeptember 21, 1997Peter GomesThe Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and HeartThe BibleOctober 5, 1997Howard GardnerExtraordinary Minds: Portraits of Four Exceptional Individuals and an Examination of Our Own ExtraordinarinessWolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Sigmund Freud; Virginia Woolf; Mahatma Gandhi October 12, 1997Geoffrey PerretUlysses S. Grant: Soldier & PresidentUlysses S. GrantOctober 19, 1997Nat HentoffSpeaking Freely: A MemoirMemoir/Autobiography; First Amendment; JazzOctober 26, 1997Alan SchomNapoleon BonaparteNapoleon BonaparteNovember 2, 1997Thomas WestVindicating the Founders: Race, Sex, Class and Justice in the Origins of AmericaFounding Fathers of the United StatesNovember 16, 1997David GelernterDrawing Life: Surviving the UnabomberThe UnabomberNovember 30, 1997Jeff ShesolMutual Contempt: Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud that Defined a DecadeLyndon Johnson; Robert F. KennedyDecember 7, 1997Tim RussertMeet the Press: 50 Years of History in the MakingMeet the PressDecember 14, 1997Susan ButlerEast to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia EarhartAmelia EarhartDecember 21, 1997Jim HightowerThere's Nothing in the Middle of the Road But Yellow Stripes and Dead ArmadillosProgressivism in the United StatesDecember 28, 1997Sally QuinnThe Party: A Guide to Adventurous EntertainingDinner parties
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