And his family was facing serious financial problems. At this point in his life, he was a man trying the take care of his family. And we get to tell a story here that most people dont know about. Welcome to Saratoga Springs on booktv. Located about four hours north of new york city, it has a population of about 27,000. Named for the numerous springs in the area, early settlers flocked here to experience the therapeutic effects of the natural mineral waters. Today Saratoga Springs is a popular Tourist Destination with its spas, revolutionary war history and horse racing. With the help of our spectrum cable partners, for the next 90 minutes well learn about the citys history and feature its Literary History including Andrew Mckenna on his battle with opioid addiction. Growing up, i thought the person who was addicted to heroin was under a bridge somewhere with, right . And was pushing a shopping cart around or Something Like that. Thats not the case. One of the most abused drugs right no
Springs, new york but were learning more but the area of literary scenes. Up next we speak with david fisk about the life of solomon, a Saratoga Springs resident who was lured into slavery in his memoir heres a slave inspired the oscarwinning movie. Just across the street is the Historical Marker about Solomon Northup. Lured into slavery at a spot just about a block or two from here and unfortunately he ends up in louisiana as a slave until he could finally become free man again. He wrote heres a slave and has been known to scholars of were starting slavery for a long time for the general public wasnt all aware of it. When the bill came out that changed because he got all kinds of different awards including oscars and it really helped to increase the awareness of the story. Solomon came to saratoga from Washington County about 1834. He had been doing farming over there but he his wife decided to make a change and they came over. She was a very accomplished cook so she was able to get w
When they took the land over by Eminent Domain from the Gas Companies they wanted to turn it into a worldclass spa. They knew that the water was there and available. It was a wpa project and they sent him to europe to go to learn about the waters when he came back he was very knowledgeable and sent him a photograph and drawings that they modeled the spot after so when you came here it wasnt just for broadway. You got an actual medical interaction so they would do a survey just like if you go to doctor nowadays a lot of tests on everything you have so they y write down what all the issues are and then you were given a prescription for how they would treat you and this is an example of one right here. Then thiand this is one of the contraptions they had out there for 20 minutes, 20 infusion i guess and then you needed to rest for a half an hour afterwards. Anyone who came into the spot went through this ritual and what they found as result of results of the treatment and these are the va
Richmond have also filed lawsuits. City attorneys say the order is unconstitution al. And it is an attempt to deprive many cities of billions of federal dollars due to their sanctuary city status. Sanctuary cities limit the cooperation of local officials with federal immigration authorities. vicki big news in the sports world. The raiders are close to reaching an agreement with Marshawn Lynch to join the team. grant gary radnich is here now with more on the deal. gary Marshawn Lynch is set to make a return to the nfl the raiders and the oakland native are nearing an agreement. Before lynch can join derek carr and the raiders a trade with seattle must be done. The seahawks still hold the rights of the 30year old running back. Earlier today lynch told people in the Raider Organization that a deal was done. But his agent has to come out later to say no deal was finalize yet. Since last week reports have been coming out that lynch will sign with the raiders. It just a matter of when it wil
Coming up tonight but how will the dirty laundry affected . A pictureperfect weather day. How much longer will it be before things get rainy again . We will find out. This was the picture in boston today. It was pouring rain in boston it really just shot any chance the indians had to sweep the series against the red sox. The rainout pushes the game until tomorrow. We will talk to you from boston a little later. Great to have you here on a crisp fall afternoon. It was a resurgent tom brady. When we first learned that the browns were to the first person to see tom brady back from his suspension reset at i grabbed my rosary beads because i knew what was coming. Tom brady is ready to go. He is not a happy guy right now he is angry at the nfl because he of his suspension. He is ready to show the nfl that it will be tough not to be handed him the lombardi trophy at the end of this year. Brady was the master he found a wideopen metellus in for a touchdown. The critical play with cody kessler