hemingway is a great example.e bruce springsteen or dylan or the stones -- the great names and classic rock, are seen as the poetry of the late 20th century. now is the chance to start collecting that. when it was written, no one thought it had legs or longevity. now, we see that does. people who have an interest in this material, they will be seen as the people who will be buying hemingway's first editions in the 1930s. >> the manuscript will go between 70000 and 100 houston dollars. plus, a john lennon letter. they could be yours. another auction piece that could be yours, this one might go for as much as $300,000. a brick wall? this happens to be the work of a british street artist. it is today's mystery meat. ♪ it is up to 56 past the hour, which means that we are on the market. i am julie hyman. let's take a look at what is going on in the treasury market today. we do have yields at their highest in 11 weeks time. we had better than expected data points today. jobless claims showed a bigger drop than had been

ernest hemingway actually got into a car accident and was hospitalized here with a broken arm.t didn't end his writing career. >> billings, you know, was placed in the heart of crow country. the crow indian reservation is across the yellowstone river. and the crow have always been a part of billings' history. early on, they came here ad traded in the stores that opened. later on, the crow were a big part of our annual fair. and, of course, today a lot of people in billings travel to the annual crow fair and celebrate crow culture and traditions. >> billings is also known for its striking natural beauty. it's hard to believe that this area was once covered by a great sea. >> there are large cliffs of sandstone around billings, great walls of rock. we call them the rim rocks or the rims. that's all that's left of that great inland sea. >> from the top of the rims, you can see present-day billings. >> well, billings has always been a major transportation center here in the northern great plains. it had irrigation, which allowed agriculture to prosper. we grow sugar beets here for

but hemingway is sort of resonates with us for a number of reasons. one is because of these short, declarative sentences really sort of speak to how we think about language and communication, but this particular book also sort of speaks to us because it was written in 1929, and the reason it was banned is because -- well, two reasons. one is the sort of violent and graphic content. that's sort of a no-brainer. but also because the book, there's an undercurrent in the book of oppositioning to american -- opposition to american involvement in world war i, sort of a war weariness that i think people today can relate to. so with that in mind, i will read this very short passage from the beginning of ernest hemingway's "a farewell to arms." in the late summer of that year, we lived in the house in a village that looked across the river and the plain to the mountains. in the bed of the river there were pebbles and boulders dry and white in the sun, and the water was clear and swiftly moving and blue in the channels. the troops went by the house and down the

i mean it's like reading a hemingway short story or jack london short story. kind of focus. it's about one thing, and that's the thing you care about when you're watching the movie. >> one of the interesting aspects of that movie is in this era of basically cartoonish big box office movies how did they get it made? >> i think getting robert redford on board helped. the director, this is his second film. his first film was called "margin call." very good movie also. and i think he's a really good story teller. i think that they did this -- i don't think it cost lots and lots of money to make. it's not a super low budget, super cheap movie. but i think there are also enough producers still around who are willing to take a chance on movies like this. i think the movies that are on my list, what a lot of them have in common is that they are sort of the idea that a director had a story that he or she wanted to tell. they are not compromised by a lot of -- >> we'll have to pick this up. i'll tell you why. because i want to go over some good movies. we need quick wor

notorious outlaw town a place where earnest hemingway and harry truman liked to hang out. no place more colorful than key west. we sent watters down there to check it out. ♪ ♪ >> what are you doing down here? >> i moved here in 1999 and i'm just wasting time. >> you come to key west on vacation, and you leave on probation, you come back on violation. >> i have been here about 8 years now. >> island. >> looked like i picked the wrong week to stop drinking. >> in new york, everything is yesterday. everything is come on, let's do this. and down here it's i will get my mail tomorrow. >> when you wake up in the morning, what's your main objective? >> objective? >> what is fun to do around here? >> hookers and blow. >> you promised me you wouldn't do that anymore. >> how many margaritas do you knock back in an average sitting. >> fox. >> oh man? >> i havoo much stuff on my hand. >> spilled the bud light. >> oopsy. >> what do you do for fun out here? >> usually drink and chase women. >> i don't think so. >> ever worn a suit? >> you have got to sometimes when you go to court. >> y

right now they have murray hemingway. they have published a book by sherry johnson who was my editor. who has published a book about her daughter. and myself, i think they have two other people. >> there's another media person beside ellen ratner that you write about. john you don't care about john, tell us why. >> at that time, he had sent to my press secretary an e-mail. brian brought the e-mail in. he said in there some bad language what he was going to do to mr. ney. when i said to brian, i said i want that e-mail. brian, it was one of those e- mails you really don't want to have in the hands of other people. i had been told by some of abramoff's people that john was getting information from jack abramoff story. because jack was secluded from the press as you can imagine. he was doing stories but at that point in time, i was told point bank by jack abramoff's people that jack was angry at me. i had used the word that he duped me andtop delay was still standing up for me. that was one. second the fact that the whistleb

some of our greatest books are banned by authors like mark twain, kurt vonnegut and ernest hemingwayovide e-books to poor children in southern africa. is over delivered over 480,000 books 10,000 children are now read more and better than ever before. i'm going to ask the winners of the innovations in reading prize to stand and be recognized. let's give them some recognition for this great work here. [applause] >> of years ago people didn't think we're serious with the national book awards added an after party. as many of you know now, it's become this hot topic. the first time we did it it was oversubscribed so when i announced that i couldn't anyone where it was. but i said if you want to go eat got to hunt down morgan and see if you can get him to tell you. we figured out now that we need a lot of space but we do it right here upstairs but everyone is invited. i have to think that after party sponsor, after party committee, our spirited after party committee, rachel, i'll -- paul. a few more people to thank. just want to thank our host mika brzezinski and joe scarborough for having

some of our greatest books, authors like mark twain, curth vonnegut, and ernest hemingway, and then thebsaharaan africa. and 10,000 children are reading now better than ever before. i'll ask the winners of the innovation and reading prize to stand and be recognized. let's give them some recognition for this great work. [applause] >> now, a few years ago, people didn't think we were serious when the national book award added an afterparty, and as many of you know now, it's become this really hot ticket. in the fact the first time we did it, it was oversubscribed so i couldn't tell anyone where it was. i said if you want to good you have to hunt down -- and get him to tell you. we figured out now we need a lot of space. we do it right near, upstairs, and i have to thank our afterparty sponsor, cobo, our aftermatter -- afterparty committee, rachel, paul, steph, and jim. jindall is watching from antarctica. that's what is going on today. okay. a few more people to thank. just want to thank our hosts for having the morning joe to announce the finalists. special thanks to our dinner co-chairs

with that in mind i'll read this very short passage from the beginning of ernest hemingway's a farewell to arms. spent in the late summer of that year we lived in a house, and if it looked across the river and the plane to the mountains in the bed of the group over pebbles and boulders, dry and white in this and. the water was clear is what the movie blue in the channels. troops by the house and down the road in the dust they raised hundred elites of the trees. the trunk of the trees were too dusty and the leaves fell early that year and we saw troops marching along the road and the dust rising in the leaves stirred by debris is falling and the soldiers marching. and afterward the road bare and white except for the leafs. the plane was rich with crops. the were many orchards of fruit trees and beyond the plane the mountains were brown and bare. there was fighting in the mountains, and that night we could see the flashes from the artillery. in the dark, it was like summer lightning but the knights were cool and there was not the feeling of a storm coming. sometime in the dark we are to t