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HNN STATS THIS WEEK:
IN THE NEWS:
REVIEWED:
OP-ED:
PROFILED:
INTERVIEWED:
QUOTED:

  • Mark F. Fernandez on Mardi Gras:"That's part of the way New Orleanians deal with stress, they blow off some steam, so to speak." - AP, 2-19-06
SPOTTED:
ON TV:

  • PBS: Conclusion"Reconstruction: The Second Civil War" on American Experience, (Monday, Feb. 20, 2006 @ 10PM/ET) - PBS, WGBH
  • History Channel:"Little Ice Age: The Big Chill" (Friday, Feb. 24, 2006 8-10PM ET/PT) - History Channel
  • PBS: Continuation"Auchwitz: Inside the Nazi State." (Check local listings) PBS
  • BookTV: David Roll & Keith McFarland discuss Louis Johnson and the Arming of America: The Roosevelt and Truman Years, (Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006 1PM ET) - C-Span
  • History Channel: Black History Month 2006 TV Schedule - historychannel.com
SELLING BIG (NYT):

  • Taylor Branch: At Canaan's Edge, #11 (2 weeks on list) - 2-19-06
  • Doris Kearns Goodwin: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, #14 (16 weeks on list) - 2-19-06
  • David McCullough: 1776, #21 - 2-19-06
  • Douglas Brinkley and Julie M. Fenster: Parish Priest, #32 - 2-19-06
FUTURE RELEASES:

  • Deborah Davis: Party of the Century : The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black-and-White Ball, Feb. 24, 2006 - Amazon.com
  • Robert L. McLaughlin, Sally E. Parry: We'll Always Have the Movies: American Cinema During World War II, Mar. 1, 2006 - Amazon.com
  • Colin G. Calloway: The Scratch of a Pen : 1763 and the Transformation of America, Mar. 31, 2006 - Amazon.com
  • Michael Burleigh: Earthly Powers : The Clash of Religion and Politics in Europe, from the French Revolution to the Great War, Mar. 1, 2006 - Amazon.com
  • Liza Picard: Victorian London : The Tale of a City 1840--1870, Mar. 7, 2006 - Amazon.com
  • Douglas Brinkley: The Great Deluge : Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Apr. 1, 2006 - Amazon.com
  • Efraim Karsh: Islamic Imperialism : A History, Apr. 11, 2006- Amazon.com
  • Gordon Wood: Revolutionary Characters : What Made the Founders Different, May 18, 2006 - Amazon.com
HONORED:

DEPARTED:

  • Robert Peterson: Historian of Negro Leagues Baseball, dies at 80 - NYT, 2-16-06

Monday, February 20, 2006 - 17:20

HNN STATS THIS WEEK:
MOST POPULAR:

  • OP-ED: Lewis Gould:"Abolish the State of the Union Address" - Washington Post, 1-29-06
  • Lewis Gould: OP-ED mentioned in White House Press Briefing, Jan. 30, 2006 - Whitehouse.gov
  • Lewis Gould: OP-ED discussed in Newshour with Jim Lehrer State of the Union Preview - PBS Newshour, 1-30-06

  • Lewis Gould: Appeared on Al Sharpton's"Keeping It Real" and ABC Nightline discussing his OP-ED, & State of the Union, Jan. 31, 2006.
IN THE NEWS:
REVIEWED:
OP-ED:
PROFILED:
INTERVIEWED:
QUOTED:

  • Steve Gillon on the Baby Boomers:"It's a generation that grew up in a unique historical moment: at the end of World War II, when there was prosperity, a sense of expectation and hope about the future. So it's a generation that was born with a sense of entitlement..." - CBS News, 2-5-06
  • Taylor Branch on the Passing of Coretta Scott King:"This is the last of the pioneers that will have worldwide resonance from that period." - Baltimore Sun, 2-1-06
SPOTTED:
ON TV:

  • African American Lives: Searching for Our Names/ Beyond The Middle Passage PBS, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 9pm ET - PBS
  • American Experience: Jesse James, PBS, Monday. Feb. 6, 9pm ET - PBS
  • Declassified: Castro - The Survivor, History Channel, Thursday, Feb. 9, 10pm ET/PT - History Channel
  • History Channel: Black History Month 2006 TV Schedule - historychannel.com
SELLING BIG (NYT):

  • Doris Kearns Goodwin: Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, #15 (14 weeks on list) - 2-5-06
  • David McCullough: 1776, #18 - 2-5-06
  • Taylor Branch: At Canaan's Edge, #23 - 2-5-06
  • Douglas Brinkley and Julie M. Fenster: Parish Priest, #29 - 2-5-06
FUTURE RELEASES:

  • James L. Swanson: Manhunt : The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer, February 7, 2006 - Amazon.com
  • Deborah Davis: Party of the Century : The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black-and-White Ball, Feb. 24, 2006 - Amazon.com
  • Robert L. McLaughlin, Sally E. Parry: We'll Always Have the Movies: American Cinema During World War II, Mar. 2006 - Amazon.com
  • Douglas Brinkley: The Great Deluge : Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Apr. 1, 2006 - Amazon.com
HONORED:

DEPARTED:

Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 18:33