Of shoreland and conservation and food sustainability, and its just, its just terrific. Thank you so much for sharing your city with us. R span cspan is in portland, maine. We visit the childhood home of Henry Wadsworth longfellow. Often i think of the beautiful town that is seated by the sea, and often in thought go up and down the pleasant streets of that dear old town, and my youth comes back to me. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a, was an american poet in the 19th century. He was, when he was alive and writing, probably the most famous english language writer in the world if not the most famous person in the world. And today hes probably best remembered for poems like paul reveres ride, the childrens hour. Hes still very much a part of our everyday lexicon and our american memory. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in portland, maine, february 27, 1807. He grew up here. Its where he started writing. And even after he as an adult left portland and left maine, he still came back all
Paid much attention to dyer. They thought she was a crackpot, a lewin tuck. Who would write lunatic. Who would write books for 50 years decrying the shakers . Models of new england farm life and history. Yet as i read her text, i realized this isnt a woman whos insane, this is a woman whos angry. This was a woman who was placed in an untenable position as a woman in American Society in the first decades of the 19th century. The more i read, the more i realized this was more to this story than an angry woman trying to retrieve her children. Mary and joseph dyer were New Hampshire farmers living in the earliest years of the 19th century. At that time New Hampshire, especially in the far north, was still a frontier. And they were seeking security in an uncertain world. And they found it in religion. They became early converts to the religious group known as the shakers. The shakers are an american communal sectarian group. They are protestant in their orientation. They live separate from
Some of these authors have a will be appearing on booktv. You can watch them on our website, booktv. Org. Often i think of the beautiful town that is seated by the sea and often in fossil upanddown the pleasant streets of that town and my youth comes back to me. Welcome to portland, maine, on booktv. Located on a peninsula, it was the original capital of maine and started as a fishing and trading village. Today its the largest city in the state with a population of about 66,000. It still has strong ties to its maritime history with lobstering and tourism in its largest economic drivers. With help of our spectrum Cable Partners for the next 90 minutes will feature the areas history and literary community. Whitney kent are special feature on portland with a history of lobstering industry. We begin our special feature. Over here is my gps and radar. So and thought it helps us figure out where we are. I dont mark my traps with the gps. I i kind of do it by feel. Look at that bad boy. Its a
There were others but i dont know them all. Any other questions . [inaudible] the white house and the confederacy the question is where was the white house confederacy . Its enrichment and its now called the museum of the confederacy and it is restored to more or less the status condition that it was and when Jefferson Davis resided there between 1861 and 65. And its a lovely house. It still a family that owned a substantial middle and other properties and it was leased by the confederacy for use in the president s house. Maybe we can finish up with one last question. You profiled a number of houses in your book. Did you find you have a favorite weather is from the architectural standpoint or the character of the person who lived there . I guess it is hard to pick which is kind of what this is because when you spend the time i did looking at these places, i think from an architectural standpoint it is hard not to stand in awe that before long wanted the great octagon in part because it
Fascinating. Anyone who likes to travel is going to places where people live that have been so tied to history. I think just going to Abraham Lincolns home. Almost you walk in and some of the dark wallpaper and defiance of the time just kinds of things to take you back into the time that youve kind of got in a sense of the people from the places theyve lived. What is really neat is how he took on architecture. His first book, the preservation was a collection of profiles. That was taking a look at the architectural biography and he partnered with roger straus to take the photograph and was followed is a series of books that are not only stunning to look at but fascinating to read. We had the houses of the Founding Fathers as one of the things looking at the Founding Fathers fathers and the houses theyve lived in. Hes written a number of books but this is a timely anniversary of the civil war and as i said the photographs are spectacular. Its interesting so please join me in welcoming h