Book TV airs on C-Span 2 from 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Monday and
focuses on political and historical books as well as the book industry.
The following are highlights for this coming weekend. For more
information, go to Book TV's Web site.
Saturday, November 26
7 p.m. Encore Booknotes. In a segment first aired in 1999, Mark Pendergast talks about his book The History of Coffee and How it Transformed Our World.
8 p.m. After Words. Edward Lengel, a professor of history at the University of Virginia, associate editor of the Papers of George Washington series and author of General George Washington: A Military Life (Random House, $29.95, 1400060818), interviews Bruce Chadwick about his latest book, The First American Army: The Untold Story of George Washington and the Men Behind America's First Fight for Freedom (Sourcebooks, $24.95, 1402205066), based on journals and letters of soldiers who served in the army under Washington. (Re-airs Sunday at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.)
Saturday, November 26
7 p.m. Encore Booknotes. In a segment first aired in 1999, Mark Pendergast talks about his book The History of Coffee and How it Transformed Our World.
8 p.m. After Words. Edward Lengel, a professor of history at the University of Virginia, associate editor of the Papers of George Washington series and author of General George Washington: A Military Life (Random House, $29.95, 1400060818), interviews Bruce Chadwick about his latest book, The First American Army: The Untold Story of George Washington and the Men Behind America's First Fight for Freedom (Sourcebooks, $24.95, 1402205066), based on journals and letters of soldiers who served in the army under Washington. (Re-airs Sunday at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m.)