Dig well and artist man named Norman Rockwell. Instockbridge is massachusetts in an area called berkshire county. A pretty place that used to be isolated, surrounded by hills and mountains. Not biggs like the alps or the rockies, but big enough to discourage traveling in the olden days. You hadst from boston, to head over the passes on the old mohawk trail. Then you got into an area maybe 20 miles wide and 50 miles long. Towns,lot of new england there are the traditional White Gardens andeat picket fences. That is the oldest house. Then there are the churches. And the town hall. The country around stockbridge , water in goodms supply. They tell me it is much like the lake country in england, including the writers to go along with the scenery. Hermann melville, the author of moby dick, lived here. In the summertime, the quiet of the town changes to a bustle of summer visitors, who come to enjoy the countryside, the , the ballet at jacobs pillow, and of course the concerts at tanglewood,
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An area called berkshire county. A pretty place that used to be isolated, surrounded by hills and mountains. Not big like the alps or our rockies but big enough to discourage traveling in the old days. Going west from boston, you had to head over the passes on the old mohawk trail. Then you got into an area maybe 20 miles wide and 50 miles long. Like a lot of new england towns, there are the traditional white houses and neat gardens and picket fences. That is the oldest house. Then there are the churches. And the town hall. The country around stockbridge has forest, farms, water in good supply. They tell me it is much like the lake country in england, including the writers to go along with the scenery. Hermann melville, the author of dick, live here. Lived here. In the summertime, the quiet of the town changes to a bustle of summer visitors, who come to enjoy the countryside, the theater, the ballet at jacobs pillow, and of course the concerts at tanglewood, where the boston symphony p
And Candace Mueller hard has several books like that about roosevelt, his trip to the amazon and another book about garfield, those are great books but also very entertaining. We want to hear what you are reading. Send your list via social media, booktv. The cspan city store is exploring the american story as we take a booktv and American History tv on the road with support from our spectrum Cable Partners this weekend we travel to indianapolis is coming up in the next hour learn about the citys Literary History and speak with local authors including from Robert F Kennedy in the indiana primary. 15 minutes we visit the home of the hoosier poet james riley and following that in 20 minutes travel with us to the Kurt Vonnegut museum and library. We begin our special feature with Robert F Kennedy in indianapolis. Could you lower those signs please . I have some very sad news for all of you. Martin luther king was shot and killed tonight. Martin luther king dedicated his life to love and ju
[applause] i am honored to be here like to say a couple of words about the track of the human spirit i talk to you about andreas bravery and i say this all the time we have to fight for our local newspaper and journalism whether its the bakery or in big parts of the community this is just as important joe mcnamara reported that we care about. Our kids, local teams and then theres Nothing Better than a local basketball and i agree with that 100 percent also thank you for coming here for co andrea has shown tremendous bravery and what she has done for us. Not only has she lost her soulmate but had the courage to stand up and step forward against the nra and subjected to horrible things throughout that process but she was brave enough to stand there to say we need to talk about these issues. These violent things that are happening in our communities whether red or blue we need to tackle these horrible things happen in our communities its not picking out democrats or republicans causes hea