NewsHour Conversations with National Book Award Winners: 1997 - 1999 religious decide to make a commando-like

decide to make a commando-like raid into a South American country and steal $5 million from the hacienda of an American-born drug dealer who lives there

coal miners risk their lives to extract the fuel that powers the industrial colossus that is America

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NewsHour Conversations with National Book Award Winners: 1997 - 1999 religious decide to make a commando-likeNational Book Award is a coveted prize for writers. Three winning novelists talk about the award and their work in these interviews from The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. They include Charles Frazier who won for "Cold Mountain," Alice McDermott for "Charming Billy," and Ha Jin for "Waiting."