this has been one of the greatest honors of my life. i have the enjoyment of walking around the property when everyone is gone, they can see the serenity of the property, inspiration that hemingway probably felt. he once had a line that said if you really want to write, start with one true sentence. for a true writer, each book should be a new beginning for something that is beyond. he should always try for something that has never been done, or that others have tried and failed. how simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been well written. ernest hemingway was definitely a very unique and self-made man. his grandfather ran away from farm life, joins the civil war because, fought in the civil war and later worked for a cutlery company in chicago. hemingway s mother was an opera singer and performing artist. his father was a pediatrician. it came from a very well off family. they settled in oak park illinois. hemi
Keeping players safe in this heat. Reporter we try to go live in front of stuff actually happening on tv but you can see whats happening here. Nothing. Because the way they are keeping the kids safe at Concord High School, they arent having them out in the worst of the heat. Teams and bands in delaware were just allowed to start practicing on saturday. The road to the state title starts here on brutal hot summer days. When its this hot even the sign about the Christmas Trees coming cant take your brain to a cooler place. Its saernl not helpis certainl Concord High School marching band. They are in full swing getting ready for the season. The concrete gets warm. Reporter the band is doing quick sessions with lots of water breaks. They have a long season ahead. Its never good. Never good. We got the worst temperatures. You got to go from sunburn to frostbite. They are usually wearing a wool uniform which is either not enough or too much. Reporter the Field Hockey Team is also out here to
Dessert selection of works that harriet were when she was living in his house and we like to show people other sides of Uncle Toms Cabin that Harriet Beecher stowe was known for. They have like to let our visitors know that harriet has made a Lasting Impact and we want to make sure her story is not forgotten. Stowe died in 1896. She was 85. She died in this house as her husband had before her and when she died this parlor were standing in the front parlor. Her coffin was laid out here and this is where the wait lists of the New York Times wrote this up. It was widely reported and she was so famous that many came to visit and give their respects. She was buried next to one of her children, two of her children who predeceased her and her husband in andover, massachusetts. Where they had been living when their son henry died at 19. Whatever i could stand by this and funny and i dont have to do this again. He am fine. Well, i was wrong. People went abcly nuts for it. Some people loved it.
John hopkins hospital in baltimore, maryland. That summer she finished her novel and this photograph was taken of the famous couple shortly after the novel was released. This was twoshot of scott and zelda, a picture posed for and the expressions on their faces are unmistakable. Theres an unhappiness in the marriage that it is becoming difficult to overcome. Fitzgerald looking nervous and zelda looking very unhappy that she is the subject of attention and the reason is these photographs are appearing beside reviews of her novel which irbasically calling her thirdrate writer and a woman who is only being published because her husband is f. Scott fitzgerald. After the publication of the novel, her Mental Health kind to deer tier youre rate. For the rest of the 30s she spent over 90 of her waking hours in mental institutions, leaving the great writer, f. Scott fitzgerald, alone with his only child, daughter, bill the way, who is coming of age. In 1933, scott sent scotty to boarding school
There isnt one. That was me being very diplomatic. We are done. Thats it. I apologize. [applause] this is hopefully not a forever conversation. Professor claudes book is available. He will be with us until 6 00. Into the conversation of who we are, where we are going, and how we get there. Please join us again july next year for the 19th harlem book fair. We are working very hard towards our 20th year celebration. We are excited about that. The book fair is becoming a public conversation. Not so much the their but what happens in the book fair, such as with the professor today. So we are hoping that what we do, what we all do together is engendering many more public conversations and perhaps some ideas of how we can maneuver, manage, create a new sense of self as we move forward. So thank you for supporting the harlem book fair. Please day for the next part of our presentation, and then the award. Max rodriguez, thank you so much. [applause] this is booktv on cspan2, television for ser