foote recorded statements, in fact, as the last interview with shelby foote's life. the recording for that project jeff we went to alaska, colorado, and at one point we found ourselves in bahrain, in the persian gulf on, an aircraft carrier. and we took a hiloen. and he was teaching, writing and know how limited it is, what you can take on a vessel in a war zone for half a year deployment sailors had in his duffle a beat up paperback of one of jeff's books. now think of all the possessions you can bring pictures of family, what have you. he brought one of jeff's books and he was a little shy. it was tattered, was dog eared. the cover was a little bit detached. and and he got up his courage to say, you know, mr. shiro, will you will you sign this for me? and jeff, who's so warm, always to his audience? he went to sign it. now, here's the only unfortunate thing i know about this gentleman. he's left handed. so he went to sign it. that cover went flying all over. so fair warning. i know we're probably selling paperbacks. just fair warning in and the vigor of his signing