List of Booknotes interviews first aired in 2004

Booknotes is an American television series on the C-SPAN network hosted by Brian Lamb, which originally aired from 1989 to 2004.[1] The format of the show is a one-hour, one-on-one interview with a non-fiction author.[2] The series was broadcast at 8 p.m. Eastern Time each Sunday night,[3] and was the longest-running author interview program in U.S. broadcast history.

First broadcast
(with link to
transcript / video)
Author Book Subject matter
January 4, 2004Brenda WineappleHawthorne: A LifeNathaniel Hawthorne
January 11, 2004Walter MearsDeadlines Past: Forty Years of Presidential Campaigning—A Reporter’s StoryMemoir/Autobiography; Journalism
January 18, 2004John SeigenthalerJames K. PolkJames K. Polk
January 25, 2004Nathaniel PhilbrickSea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838–1842Charles Wilkes; The United States Exploring Expedition
February 1, 2004Abigail ThernstromNo Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in LearningEducation outcomes in the United States by race and other classifications
February 8, 2004Nikki GiovanniThe Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968–1998Poetry
February 15, 2004Jon MeachamFranklin & Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic FriendshipFranklin D. Roosevelt; Winston Churchill; Special Relationship
February 22, 2004Kenneth SilvermanLightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F.B. MorseSamuel Morse
February 29, 2004George SorosThe Bubble of American Supremacy: Correcting the Misuse of American PowerForeign policy of the United States
March 7, 2004Richard PerleAn End to EvilThe War on Terror
March 14, 2004John DeanWarren G. HardingWarren G. Harding
March 21, 2004Constance HaysThe Real Thing: Truth and Power at the Coca-Cola CompanyThe Coca-Cola Company
March 28, 2004Michael DobbsSaboteurs: The Nazi Raid on AmericaOperation Pastorius
April 4, 2004Nicholas CapaldiJohn Stuart Mill: A BiographyJohn Stuart Mill
April 11, 2004Martin MartyMartin LutherMartin Luther
April 18, 2004David Cay JohnstonPerfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich – and Cheat Everyone ElseTaxation in the United States
April 25, 2004Christopher BensonDeath of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed AmericaEmmett Till
May 2, 2004Eric LaxThe Mold in Dr. Florey’s Coat: The Story of the Penicillin MiraclePenicillin
May 9, 2004Charles OgletreeAll Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of EducationBrown v. Board of Education
May 16, 2004John Lewis GaddisSurprise, Security, and the American ExperienceBurning of Washington; Attack on Pearl Harbor; September 11 attacks
May 23, 2004Joseph CalifanoInside: A Public and Private LifeMemoir/Autobiography
May 30, 2004Thomas P.M. BarnettThe Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First CenturyGrand strategy; Foreign policy of the United States
June 6, 2004Amy GoodmanThe Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love ThemPolitical corruption; Corruption in the United States; Concentration of media ownership
June 13, 2004Samuel HuntingtonWho Are We? The Challenges to America's National IdentityCulture of the United States
June 20, 2004 and June 27, 2004Simon Sebag MontefioreStalin: The Court of the Red TsarJoseph Stalin
July 4, 2004Alyn BrodskyBenjamin Rush: Patriot and PhysicianBenjamin Rush
July 11, 2004Robert KursonShadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War IIBill Nagle; John Chatterton; Underwater diving; German submarine U-869
July 18, 2004Mark PerryGrant and Twain: The Story of a Friendship That Changed AmericaUlysses S. Grant; Mark Twain
July 25, 2004Mario CuomoWhy Lincoln Matters: Today More Than EverAbraham Lincoln
August 1, 2004John McCainWhy Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver LifeCourage
August 8, 2004Maureen DowdBushworld: Enter at Your Own RiskGeorge W. Bush
August 15, 2004Denny HastertSpeaker: Lessons from 40 Years in Coaching and PoliticsMemoir/Autobiography; The U.S. House of Representatives
August 22, 2004Dorie McCullough LawsonPosterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their ChildrenLetters
August 29, 2004James Chace1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft & Debs—The Election That Changed the CountryWoodrow Wilson; Theodore Roosevelt; William Howard Taft; Eugene Debs; United States presidential election of 1912
September 5, 2004Richard ViguerieAmerica's Right Turn: How Conservatives Used New and Alternative Media to Take PowerConservatism in the United States; Advertising mail; Conservative talk radio
September 12, 2004George McGovernThe Essential America: Our Founders and the Liberal TraditionModern liberalism in the United States; Founding Fathers of the United States
September 19, 2004Bryan BurroughPublic Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34Federal Bureau of Investigation; Category:Depression-era gangsters
September 26, 2004Jack Matlock, Jr.Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War EndedRonald Reagan; Mikhail Gorbachev; Cold War (1985–1991)
October 3, 2004John FerlingAdams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800John Adams; Thomas Jefferson; United States Presidential election of 1800
October 10, 2004Hendrik HertzbergPolitics: Observations and Arguments, 1966-2004Politics of the United States
October 17, 2004John McCaslinInside the Beltway: Offbeat Stories, Scoops and Shenanigans from Around the Nation's CapitalPolitics of the United States; The Washington Times
October 24, 2004Antony BeevorThe Mystery Of Olga ChekhovaOlga Chekhova
October 31, 2004Chris WallaceCharacter: Profiles in Presidential CourageCourage; Whiskey Rebellion; Emancipation Proclamation; Pullman Strike; Second Bank of the United States; Impeachment of Andrew Johnson; Joint warfare in South Vietnam, 1963–1969 and The Great Society; Virginius Affair; Treaty of Portsmouth; The League of Nations; 1972 Nixon visit to China; Reagan Doctrine; Embargo Act of 1807; Lend-Lease; Berlin Airlift; Bay of Pigs Invasion; George W. Bush and the Iraq War
November 7, 2004Winslow WheelerThe Wastrels of Defense: How Congress Sabotages U.S. SecurityMilitary budget of the United States
November 14, 2004Stephen GreenblattWill in the World: How Shakespeare Became ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare
November 21, 2004Peter Charles HofferPast Imperfect: Facts, Fictions, Fraud – American History from Bancroft and Parkman To Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis and GoodwinHistoriography; Historical method; Plagiarism; Stephen Ambrose; Michael Bellesiles; Joseph Ellis; Doris Kearns Goodwin
November 28, 2004Peter WallnerFranklin Pierce: New Hampshire's Favorite SonFranklin Pierce
December 5, 2004Mark EdmundsonWhy Read?Literature

References

  1. "'Booknotes' Afterword". The Boston Globe. 19 August 2004.
  2. Ellen Emry Heltzel (17 August 1997). "Books On TV, and a Host Who Listens". The Sunday Oregonian.
  3. Frank J. Prial (4 December 2004). "After Many Million Pages, 'Booknotes' Ends Its Run". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
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