THE
THE IDEA
THE IDEA FOR THE BOOK 4@CAME WH ANNA CROWLEY REDDING WAS LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT PROJECT
AT THE MAINE LIGHTHOUSE MUSEUM.
>> I SAW THIS 4@BLURB ABOUT
STEPHEN PLEASANTON, THE MAN WHO
HAD SAVED OUR 4@FOUNDING
DOCUMENTS.
I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT.
I WAS READING THIS STORY AND 4@
NEVER KNEW THAT THESE DOCUMENTS
WERE IN JEOPARDY TO BEGIN WITH.
I HAD NEVER READ THIS STORY AND
ANY CLASSROOMS OR BOOKS AND I
WANTED TO TELL THE STORY.
>> THAT IS THE BEST HISTORY,
THE HISTORY YOU DON'T KNOW.
THIS TAKES PLACE 4@DURING THE W
OF 1812.
STEPHEN PLEASANTON 4@DISCOVERS
THE BRITISH ARE COMING ONSHORE
AND THEY WILL INVADE AND
PROBABLY BURN DOWN 4@WASHINGTON
WHAT DOES MONRO DO?
>> HE HAS TO GET A MESSAGE TO
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES TO SAY THE CAPITAL WILL
BE UNDER 4@ATTACK AND WE DON'T
HAVE ANY DEFENSES.
IT ALSO SENDS 4@A ME4@SSAGE OUT
HAVE ANY DEFENSES. IT ALSO SENDS 4@A ME4@SSAGE OUT@ THE CLERK AND AT THAT TIME THE
SECRETARY 4@OF STATE TOOK CARE
THESE FOUNDING DOCUMENTS
INCLUDING THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE AND THE JOURNALS
OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, ANYTHING
THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE
FOUNDING OF OUR GO4@VERNMENT WA
IN THE BUILDI4@NG.
AND STEPHEN PLEASANTON WAS THE
CLERK THAT WA4@S THERE WHEN TH
MESSAG4@E ARRIVED.
>> YOU DON'T 4@GO TO WASHINGTON
D.C. AND LEARN ABOUT STEPHEN
PLEASANTON . HE WAS 4@AN UNKNOW
BUT HE REALIZED HE NEEDED TO
SAVE THE FOUNDI4@NG DOCUMENTS O
PLEASANTON . HE WAS 4@AN UNKNOW BUT HE REALIZED HE NEEDED TO SAVE THE FOUNDI4@NG DOCUMENTS O@
CREATING AMERICA.
WHAT DID HE DO TO FIND A WAY TO
GET THE DOCUMENTS INTO 4@THESE
SACKS TO TRANSPORT THEM OUT OF
THE CITY?
>> RIGHT.
HE 4@HAD TO RUSH OUT INTO THE
CITY THAT IS ERUPTING IN CHAOS
BECAUSE OF THE RUMOR THAT THE
BRITISH IS COMING.
HE GOES TO A MERCHANT TO FIND
CLOTH THAT IS 4@HEAVY ENOUGH 4@
BE MADE 4@INTO SACKS THAT COULD
HANDLE TAKING THESE MATERIALS.
HE 4@FINDS THERE AND SITS WITH
THE MERCHANT SEWING THEM
TOGETHER.
THAT IS EVENTUALLY DONE AND HE
RUSHES BACK TO THE 4@STATE
DEPARTMENT TO START PACKING
THEM FULL OF 4@THESE DOCUMENTS.
>> 4@THE GUY 4@WHO WAS ON JEOPA
LAST YEAR WHO KEPT WINNING AND
WINNING AND MADE A LOT 4@OF
MONEY, HE SAID A LOT OF WHAT HE
HAS LEARNED FROM A LOT OF
SUBJECTS COMES FROM READING
CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
THIS IS 4@A GREAT WAY TO LEARN
HISTORY, ISN'T IT?
TO READ A BOOK LIKE THIS AND 4@
DISCOVER THINGS THAT YOU HAVE
NEVER KNOWN ABOUT OUR COUNTRY.
>> IT 4@4@IS BECAUSE SOMETIMES
HISTORY CAN SEEM DRY AND YOU
DON'T RELATE TO IT BECAUSE IT
IS SO LONG AGO.
BUT WHEN YOU 4@PUT YOURSELVES I
THE SHOES OF STEPHEN PLEASANTON
WHO HAS 4@TO GET THESE DOCUMEN
TO SAFETY, IT'S NOT LIKE THEY 4@
HAD ANYTHING CONVENIENT LIKE 4@
U-HAUL, THEY HAD TO USE WAGONS
AND HORSES AND RUSH BECAUSE THE
REDCOATS COULD BE ANYWHERE. 4@
SO THAT KIND OF 4@HEART POUNDIN
REDCOATS COULD BE ANYWHERE. 4@ SO THAT KIND OF 4@HEART POUNDIN@ ACTION, 4@FOR ME, BRINGS ME RIG
INTO THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY
WHERE HE PERSONALLY CONNECT
WITH IT.
>> AS I WAS READING 4@THE BOOK4
WAS THINKING TO MYSELF THAT 4@
THIS WOULD MAKE A TERRIFIC
MOVIE AND I DON'T NOT KNOW IF I
HAVE EVER SAID THAT BEFORE
WHILE READING A CHILDREN'S
BOOK.
>> GREAT I THINK YOU COULD GO
TO HOLLYWOOD AND TELL THEM
THAT.
>> AND 4@A NICE ANGLE BECAUSE
STEPHEN PLEASANTON WENT ON 4@T
OVERSEE THE AMERICAN
LIGHTHOUSES WHICH ARE A KEY 4@
PART OF THE HISTORY OF THE
STATE OF4@ MAINE.
>> YES AND I HAVE TO SAY
LIGHTHOUSE FANS DON'T LIKE
STEPHEN PLEASANTON BECAUSE HE
EXPRESSED HIS PATRIOTISM BY
SAVING MONEY BECAUSE HE WAS
PRUDENT.
HE LOVED NOT SPENDING MONEY.
SO TODAY WE SPEND TIME AND 4@
MONEY RAISING MONEY TO REPAIR
LIGHTHOUSES 4@AND, UNFORTUNATEL
STEPHEN PLEASANTON IS4@ 4@MOSTL
TO BLAME FOR THAT.
>> WHAT IS YOUR 4@NEXT PROJECT?
>> THIS IS VERY EXCITING FOR
ME.
IN THE FALL OF 2020 A BOOK WILL
COME OUT 4@ABOUT THE MAINE STAT
LAWMAKER WHO TRIED TO MAKE IT
ILLEGAL TO PUT TOMATOES IN CLAM
CHOWDER.
TRUE STORY.
>>