Best of the Book Nook: Remembering Tony Horwitz

The first time I had Tony Horwitz on the program he had just published his landmark work of non-fiction "Confederates in the Attic." Tony gave a wonderful interview that day. I loved that book so much that I had him on the show again for the paperback release. Over the years I did four interviews with Tony. His partner, the novelist Geraldine Brooks has made three appearances in the Book Nook. Tony put out his most recent book, "Spying on the South," earlier this year. This new book feels like a bookend in a way to "Confederates in the Attic." I was excited about interviewing Tony again. He was out on book tour and while he was on the west coast I tried to schedule an interview with him. His schedule was quite hectic and we were unable to connect by phone due to the time difference. He was available after 5pm eastern time and that would not work for us here in Ohio. So his publicist scheduled an interview with Tony when he would be back on the east coast. I was going to call him at his