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FOR HUNDRED WAS YEARS,
HISTORIANS UPON DEADER WHO IS
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING.
YOU WERE TELLING ME YOUR
FAMILY LIVES IN ST. AUGUSTINE.
RILEDDERS REALLY CELEBRATE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
IT'S A BIG DEAL HERE.
WE HAVE A HUGE ITALIAN
POPULATION, BUT WHAT MADE YOU
COLUMBUS?
HIM.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE HE WAS BORN,
RAISED, WE DON'T KNOW HIS NAME,
WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE, WE DON'T
KNOW HOW HE GOT TO AMERICA, OR
WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM WHEN WE GOT
HERE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW LITTLE WE
KNOW ABOUT HIM.
THERE'S A GREAT SECRET, A SECRET
THAT I CAME ACROSS THAT COLUMBUS
MAY WELL HAVE BEEN JEWISH AND
THAT'S WHAT FORMS THE BASE OF
THIS BOOK, THAT HE MAY HAVE HAD
A CONNECTION WITH THE JEWS.
I ADDED A TWIST TO THE STORY TO
MAKE IT STILL RELEVANT TODAY AND
OF IT.
YOU GET INSPIRATION FOR YOUR
BOOKS, ONE DAY YOU WERE WATCHING
THE DISCOVER CHANNEL AND IT
SPARKED YOUR INTEREST.
WHAT SPARKED YOUR INTEREST IN
CHRISTOPHER NO.
WHEN I FOUND A BOOK CALLED
SAILS OF HOPE.
IT WAS BRIN 40 YEARS AGO AND HAD
JEWISH.
THERE.
WHEN HE WROTE THE BOOK, IT WAS
OUT IN LEFT FIELD.
NOT SO MUCH ANYMORE, IN FACT,
IT'S MOST LIKELY TRUE.
TELL US ABOUT THE BOOK.
DISGRACED NEWSPAPER REPORTER
WHO GETS THROWN INTO THIS
ADVENTURE GOES FROM FLORIDA TO
VIENNA TO PRAGUE AND VIENNA.
YOU VISITED.
I WENT TO PRAGUE AND JAMAICA.
THE COLUMBUS FAMILY CONTROLLED
THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA FOR 150
YEARS.
SOME THINGS HAPPENED WHEN THEY
CONTROLLED THAT STILL HAVE
RELEVANCE TODAY.
WHAT'S THE GENRE?
A SUSPENSE THRILLER WITH
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE TO IT.
TELL US ABOUT THE EVENT
HAPPENING AT BROWN.
TONIGHT, 6:30, I'M GOING TO
BE WITH DAYS JOHN DEMILL, LISA
GARDNER AND J.L. STEIN.
WE'LL BE INTERACTING BE FOLKS,
SIGNING BOOKS.
IT STARTS AT 6:30.
BE TALKING ABOUT?
THRILLERS.
JOHN LAND LIVES HERE, THRILLER
WRITER IS GOING TO MODERATE AND
WE'RE GOING INTO ALL THE ASPECTS
OF THRILLERS, INTERACTING WITH
THE AUDIENCE.
I OPE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME .
BETWEEN THE FIVE OF US, THERE'S
LIKE A BILLION BOOKS BETWEEN US,
MOST ARE R.L. STEIN IS THE
MAJORITY.
AT 630 TONIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING
IN.
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