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, 2004 Brenda Wineapple Hawthorne: A Life Nathaniel Hawthorne
January 11, 2004 Walter Mears Deadlines Past: Forty Years of Presidential Campaigning—A Reporter’s Story Memoir/Autobiography; Journalism
January 18, 2004 John Seigenthaler James K. Polk James K. Polk
January 25, 2004 Nathaniel Philbrick Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838–1842 Charles Wilkes; The United States Exploring Expedition
February 1, 2004 Abigail Thernstrom No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning Education outcomes in the United States by race and other classifications
February 8, 2004 Nikki Giovanni The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968–1998 Poetry
February 15, 2004 Jon Meacham Franklin & Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship Franklin D. Roosevelt; Winston Churchill; Special Relationship
February 22, 2004 Kenneth Silverman Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F.B. Morse Samuel Morse
February 29, 2004 George Soros The Bubble of American Supremacy: Correcting the Misuse of American Power Foreign policy of the United States
March 7, 2004 Richard Perle An End to Evil The War on Terror
March 14, 2004 John Dean Warren G. Harding Warren G. Harding
March 21, 2004 Constance Hays The Real Thing: Truth and Power at the Coca-Cola Company The Coca-Cola Company
March 28, 2004 Michael Dobbs Saboteurs: The Nazi Raid on America Operation Pastorius
April 4, 2004 Nicholas Capaldi John Stuart Mill: A Biography John Stuart Mill
April 11, 2004 Martin Marty Martin Luther Martin Luther
April 18, 2004 David Cay Johnston Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich – and Cheat Everyone Else Taxation in the United States
April 25, 2004 Christopher Benson Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America Emmett Till
May 2, 2004 Eric Lax The Mold in Dr. Florey’s Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracle Penicillin
May 9, 2004 Charles Ogletree All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half-Century of Brown v. Board of Education Brown v. Board of Education
May 16, 2004 John Lewis Gaddis Surprise, Security, and the American Experience Burning of Washington; Attack on Pearl Harbor; September 11 attacks
May 23, 2004 Joseph Califano Inside: A Public and Private Life Memoir/Autobiography
May 30, 2004 Thomas P.M. Barnett The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century Grand strategy; Foreign policy of the United States
June 6, 2004 Amy Goodman The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them Political corruption; Corruption in the United States; Concentration of media ownership
June 13, 2004 Samuel Huntington Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity Culture of the United States
June 20, 2004 and June 27, 2004 Simon Sebag Montefiore Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar Joseph Stalin
July 4, 2004 Alyn Brodsky Benjamin Rush: Patriot and Physician Benjamin Rush
July 11, 2004 Robert Kurson Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II Bill Nagle; John Chatterton; Underwater diving; German submarine U-869
July 18, 2004 Mark Perry Grant and Twain: The Story of a Friendship That Changed America Ulysses S. Grant; Mark Twain
July 25, 2004 Mario Cuomo Why Lincoln Matters: Today More Than Ever Abraham Lincoln
August 1, 2004 John McCain Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life Courage
August 8, 2004 Maureen Dowd Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk George W. Bush
August 15, 2004 Denny Hastert Speaker: Lessons from 40 Years in Coaching and Politics Memoir/Autobiography; The U.S. House of Representatives
August 22, 2004 Dorie McCullough Lawson Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children Letters
August 29, 2004 James Chace 1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft & Debs—The Election That Changed the Country Woodrow Wilson; Theodore Roosevelt; William Howard Taft; Eugene Debs; United States presidential election of 1912
September 5, 2004 Richard Viguerie America's Right Turn: How Conservatives Used New and Alternative Media to Take Power Conservatism in the United States; Advertising mail; Conservative talk radio
September 12, 2004 George McGovern The Essential America: Our Founders and the Liberal Tradition Modern liberalism in the United States; Founding Fathers of the United States
September 19, 2004 Bryan Burrough Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933–34 Federal Bureau of Investigation; Category:Depression-era gangsters
September 26, 2004 Jack Matlock, Jr. Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended Ronald Reagan; Mikhail Gorbachev; Cold War (1985–1991)
October 3, 2004 John Ferling Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 John Adams; Thomas Jefferson; United States Presidential election of 1800
October 10, 2004 Hendrik Hertzberg Politics: Observations and Arguments, 1966-2004 Politics of the United States
October 17, 2004 John McCaslin Inside the Beltway: Offbeat Stories, Scoops and Shenanigans from Around the Nation's Capital Politics of the United States; The Washington Times
October 24, 2004 Antony Beevor The Mystery Of Olga Chekhova Olga Chekhova
October 31, 2004 Chris Wallace Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage Courage; 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, 2004 Winslow Wheeler The Wastrels of Defense: How Congress Sabotages U.S. Security Military budget of the United States
November 14, 2004 Stephen Greenblatt Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare William Shakespeare
November 21, 2004 Peter Charles Hoffer Past Imperfect: Facts, Fictions, Fraud – American History from Bancroft and Parkman To Ambrose, Bellesiles, Ellis and Goodwin Historiography; Historical method; Plagiarism; Stephen Ambrose; Michael Bellesiles; Joseph Ellis; Doris Kearns Goodwin
November 28, 2004 Peter Wallner Franklin Pierce: New Hampshire's Favorite Son Franklin Pierce
December 5, 2004 Mark Edmundson Why 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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