An Adult Friend Of Lincoln's: "life Was

A Lot Of Times When People Are On Campaigns, It Can Be Like A Movie Set.

The One Thing That John Kennedy Did, Above All Else, Was To Energize Young People To Feel That They Wanted To Give Something To Their Country. I Just Hope, For Young People Of This Generation, That They'll Experience That Feeling Once Again, That By Working On Large Goals, They Can Do Something More Than Their Own Individual Ambition.

I Think If I Were Reading To A Grandchild, I Might Read Tolstoy's War And Peace. They Would Learn About Russia, They Would Learn About History, They Would Learn About Human Nature. They Would Learn About, "can The Individual Make A Difference Or Is It Great Forces?" Tolstoy Is Always Battling With Those Large Issues. Mostly, A Whole World Would Come Alive For Them Through That Book.

I Think After Sandy Hook, When Obama Went Out, And He Talked A Lot About Gun Control And Met With The Parents, There Was A Sense That Something Was Going To Happen. But Then, I Guess, The Power Of Special Interests Was Greater Than Public Sentiment.

Even Though Lyndon Johnson's Presidency Was In Many Ways Scarred Forever By The War In Vietnam, And Destroyed In A Lot Of Ways, He - As A Character - Was Even Larger Than His Presidency. Being Able To Get To Know Him Well, That Firsthand Relationship With This Large Character, I Think Is What Drew Me To Writing Books About Presidents.