i just read this biography by jean edward smith, maybe it prompts this question. i wonder if chase murphy also like westerns? any record of that? >> a trying to set me up? [laughter] a record of that. there are pictures on horseback. nothing in that record about her taste in literature. wooded ike's parents do -- what did ike's parents do? in 1878,mily arrived largely self appear in hope, kansas. time ins a short denison, texas where ike was born in his father was a self-imposed exile after his general store. his family had an agricultural background, but ike's father did not want to be a farmer. went to college for a year at lane university where he met ike's mother, which is unusual for that time. he studied some classical languages there and he studied engineering. he worked at bill springs creamery is what they called an engineer. he took a correspondence course to learn how to be an engineer at worked the pension fund the seal brown company. ike's mother was a homemaker. without any daughters to help, it would've been the traditional way. she top boys to do t

i just read this autobiography by jean edward smith. maybe it is too daring of a question. i wonder if murphy also liked westerns? tim: tried to set me up. there is nothing about her taste in literature. what did his parents do? were they ranchers? in 1878.family arrived largely south of here in hope, kansas. there was a shortage in denison, texas where he was born, where his father was a self-imposed exile after his store failed in hope. year into college for a compton, kansas where he met ike's mother, ida. he studied engineering. he worked at bell springs creamery. engineer and had taken a correspondence course to learn how to be an engineer. he worked with the pension fund. ike's mother was a homemaker. the father taught the boys to do things around the house like cooking and cleaning, which they otherwise would not have learned. remained abecame -- very avid cook. a lot of people in that time period, the united states was transferred from an agriculture he economy -- economy to a more industrialized one. even a small city like abilene is party that transformation. -- p

but i just read this biography by jean edward smith? maybe it prompts this question, maybe it is too daring of a question. i wondered if mamie also liked westerns? >> are you trying to set me up? [laughter] >> i have seen a record of that, there are pictures of her on horseback in world war ii, but nothing in the record about her taste in literature. sir? >> >> what did his parents do? were they ranchers, farmers, businessmen? >> the family arrived in 1878. they were largely south of here in hope, kansas. there was a short time in denison, texas where he was born, where his father was a self-imposed exile after his general store had failed in hope. i mean, the family had a number cultural background, -- agricultural background, but ike's father did not want to be a farmer. he went to college for a year in compton, kansas where he met ike's mother, ida. that was really unusual for the time. he's studying lascaux subjects, he studied engineering. he worked at bell springs creamery. he was an engineer and had taken a correspondence course