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2012 Tucson Festival of Books

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About the Program

BookTV is LIVE from the 2012 Tucson Festival of Books on the campus of the University of Arizona on Saturday, March 10 and Sunday, March 11.

Sunday's Schedule

1 PM ET 

Environment Panel

William deBuys, A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest

Dyana Furmansky, Rosalie Edge - Hawk of Mercy: The Activist Who Saved Nature From the Conservationists

Chris Mooney, Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future

2:30 PM ET

Great Depression Panel

Michael Hiltzik, The New Deal:  A Modern History

Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived The Great American Dust Bowl

Jimmye Hillman, Hogs, Mules, and Yellow Dogs: Growing Up on a Mississippi Subsistence Farm

4 PM ET 

History of the American West Panel

Jeff Guinn, The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral - And How It Changed the American West

James Donovan, The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle For the Alamo - And the Sacrifice That Forged A Nation

5:30 PM ET

Studies of the Brain Panel

Joshua Foer, Moonwalking with Einstein

Paul Nussbaum, Save Your Brain: The 5 Things You Must Do to Keep Your Mind Young and Sharp

Joe Palca, Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us

7 PM ET

Diana Henriques, The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust

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Past Airings

  • Monday, March 12th at 1am (ET)
  • Sunday, March 11th at 1pm (ET)
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