pauline steals ernest hemingway away from hadley. he divorced hadley after having a son, john, and he marries michelle. after that, they go to key west and come on board in march of 1928. he fell in love with fishing. he fell in love with clarity of his writing how fast he was producing work. he knocked out the first rough draft of "a farewell to arms" in two weeks at key west. he thought, i need to write here. i need to finish here. they found a house for sale and body or $8,000 in 1931 and pauline converted this hayloft into his first formal writing studio. prior to that time he wrote on table tops, coffee tables, bar tops, or tables and restaurants for this was his first formal office. hemingway was a very disciplined writer, regardless of his indulgences. he woke up every day at 6:00 a.m. and would cross an iron catwalk that connected the main mansion to the writing studio. he would write feverishly from 6:00 a.m. and noon at noon time there was only time to do one thing -- fish or go to sloppy joe's. whether he went fishing or w

. >> ernest hemingway was definitely a very unique and self-made man. his grandfather ran away from farm life and joined the civil war cause fought in the war, and worked for a cutlery company in chicago. hemingway's mother was an opera singer. they were very off -- will love. a settled in oak park, illinois. being hemingway is not easy when your father's a doctor because you can imagine what his mother wanted him to become. after high school, he did not attend college. he went to work in the kansas city star and the toronto sun as a newspaper reporter. he told his mother when he was challenged about it that he was going to be a writer and she said that is a fine hobby. what you continue to make money? he felt that he wanted to a cop was life and he felt that if he just wrote about what he experienced, that would do it. suffering from manic-depression and especially later in life, his high highs in low lows gave him that drama. if you read about his love stories, you realize the differential and the types and styles of writing that he does it he can expr

one of the other documents that we have is from ernest hemingway and it's a galley proof to have and have not that have been written on the margin by him until the experts have told me that his writing is on here and maxwell is on here too. when hemingway split and went to cuba he left some documents stored in the bar. his friend, joe russell. it's a story during the depression. it's the only one of his writings based in the united states, and it talks about some wealthy people living here and the locals that were fishermen and waterfront people and the story of how they interacted with one another and what happened. the theater that lets you the longest was tennessee williams the playwright and this was tennessee williams speaking here at the library from 1975 when the auditorium was dedicated in his name. the nationally known playwright and they were made on the streetcar named desire. he was considered during his lifetime the first post-playwright in the country and he was a leading founder in the open community in key west because of a lot of importance. if you visit or see anyth

earning him as desk ernest hemingway wrote his novels. >> they bought it for $8,000 in 1931 and pauline converted this hayloft into his first formal writing studio. >> he phone of fishing and the clarity of his writing. the work during he wrote the first draft of "farewell to arms" in two weeks after arriving in key west. he said if you want to write start with one true sentence. >> for a true writer each should be a new beginning really tries again for something that is beyond attainment. he should always try for something to never been done more than others have tried and failed. >> qs is also where president harry truman sought refuge from washington. >> president retreatment regarded this is the great white jail here in he thought he was under everyone's i and so by coming to key west he could come with his closest staff, let down his hair,. sometimes the staff of the their beards grow for a couple of days. they at times used off-color stories and the concert may have a glass of bourbon and visit back and forth without any scrutiny from the press. a sportswear company sent a case of

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. >> we compete against each other ernest hemingway -- ernest hemingway wrote from this house. >> pauline turned this hay loft into his first formal writing studio. he fell in love with fishing, he was producing work that he knocked out, the first rough draft of "a farewell to arms" in just two weeks from arriving in key west. if you really want to write start with one true sentence. ernest hemingway: a true writer tries again for something that is beyond. he always tries for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. >> key west is also where president harry truman sought refuge from washington. >> the president regarded the big white house as the great white jail. he thought he was constantly under everyone's eye, and so by coming to key west, he could come with his closest staff, let down his hair, sometimes some of the staff would let their beards grow for a couple of days. they certainly told off-color stories, and they could certainly have a glass of bourbon and visit back and forth without any scrutiny from the press. a sportswear company said hawaiian

i actually live only about two blocks from the home in which ernest hemingway where he was in high school and did his first writing. i'm hoping that some of the karma will blow over towards my side of the block. the readers have to be the judge whether or not any of that succeeded. i doubt that hemingway found a story that was as exciting as the one that i uncovered and tried to put together while writing this book. it was just 50 years ago in august of 1953 that the c.i.a. overthrew a government for the first time. that was the democratically elected government of muhammad mozadek. the prime minister of iran. now that episode was hardly noticed in the world press and certainly the involvement of the united states the truth of what really happened was completely unknown at that time. at the time this coup was launched it seemed like a success in the united states. we had gotten rid of someone we didn't like and put in someone we did like for 25 years the period that the shah was in power, we could still from the perspective of the u.s. government consider this to be a success. it's only n

ernest hemingway's historic home until havana cuba getting badly needed repairs.nymous donor giving $1 million to a foundation that will organize the restoration due to better relations with season. the group will be able to import better construction materials and hemingway lived in cuba for more than 20 years. >>> robotics technology reaching new heights every day and being used in several fields to provide many tasks. more from golden gate park in san francisco. claudia? >> reporter: glimpses of our robotics future are appearing at bay area hotels and hospitals and even museums like deyoung where disabled visitors are able to roam the gallery. >> i just love seeing all of the art. >> reporter: patrick rightan whose daiblt disability affects his moetd control doesn't have to leave his home in alaska to explore the museum 2,000 miles away. he steers this virtual tour guide called the beam probe with his eyes. >> it helps me see things i would otherwise not be able to see. >> reporter: robo cops with cameras test. test. test. test. test. test. it's so shiny. i kno

i actually live only about two blocks from the home in which ernest hemingway lived while he was in high school and did his first writing. i'm hoping that some of the karma will blow over towards my part of the block. the readers will have to be judge whether any of that succeeded. i doubt that hemingway ever found a story really that was as exciting as the one that i uncovered and tried to put together while writing this book. it was just 50 years ago in august of 1953 that the c.i.a. overthrew a government for the first time. that was the democratically elected government of mohammed mosadek, the prime minister of iran. now, that episode was hardly noticed in the world press, and certainly the involvement of the united states, the truth of what really happened was completely unknown at that time. at the time this coup was launched it seemed like like a success for the united states. we had gotten rid of someone we didn't like and we put in someone we did like. indeed for 25 years the period that the shah was in power, we could still from the perspective of the u.s. government consider

ernest hemingway wrote several of his novels at this home in key west. >> they found this house for sale and bought it were $8,000 in 1931. pauline actually converted this hay locked into his first formal writing studio. here, he fell in love with wishing. he fell in love with the clarity of his writing, how fast he was producing the work. he knocked out the first rough draft of "a farewell to arms" in tune of weeks. 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. he should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. >> key west is also where president harry truman sought refuge from washington. >> president truman regarded the big white house is the great white jail. he felt he was constantly under everyone's eye, so by coming to key west, he could come with his closest staff, let down his hair. sometimes some of the staff would let their beards grow for a couple of days. they certainly at times used off-color stories, and they certainly could ha

ernest hemingway: a true writer, each book should be a new beginning, something that is beyond. you should always strive 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 another way what has been well written. >> here he fell in love with fishing, he fell in love with the clarity of his writing. in fact, he knocked out the first rough draft of "a farewell to arms" in the first two weeks of arriving in key west. he said i need to live here, i need to write here, and i need to fish here. they found this house for sale they bought it for $8,000 in 1931, and pauline actually converted this hayloft into his first formal writing studio. prior to that, he wrote on coffee tables, dining tables bar tops, or tables and restaurants. this was his first formal office. >> eliza johnson was 54 years old and an invalid when she was thrust into the role of first lady, determined to be a makes to as husband, andrew johnson as he navigated the turbulent end to the civil war reconstruction o

. >> writer ernest hemingway's home in cuba is getting a major upgrade. the state received $1 million from an american foundation to help build a state-of-the-art facility to preserve his books letters and photos. he lived and worked on the island for more than two decades. >> times are changing in cuba. the country once criminalized people for being gay but tuesday towards gays, lesbians and their rights are shifting. a member of the castro family is partly responsible. we have this report from havana. >> hundreds of cuban dance to a conga beat, wave rainbow flag and flair their same sex love as an annual parade in havana against homophobia. >> we've been together 14 years i give you have my heart and my love before god and owl forever. >> raul castro's daughter has become a strong add have debt, speaking out for lgbt individuals. >> independently of the fact that not everybody is in agreement with the law for the rights of the lgbt community this will not create a split. it will generate a cultural enrichment ideological enrichment of the cuban society.

. >> ernest hemingway was definitely a unique and self-made man. his grandfather ran away from farm life and joined the civil war cause, fought in the war and worked for a cutlery company in chicago. hemingway's mother was an opera singer. they were very well off. is not easy being hemingway with a father as a doctor because you know what your parents wanted to become. he did not attend college. he started work on "the toronto sun" is a newspaper writer. he said he was going to be a writer and his mother said, that is a fine hobby. what will you do to make money? he felt that if he wrote about experience, that would do it. suffering from manic depression, his high highs and lows create that drama. if you read about his love stories, you realize the differential and types of writing that he does. he could express something very violent or very loving. that is wh

." >> ernest hemingway was a unique and self-made man. his grandfather ran away from farm life to join the civil war. fought in the civil war and later worked for a cutlery company in chicago. hemingway's mother was an opera singer and performing artist will stop his father was a pediatrician. he came from a well-off family. they settled in oak park, illinois. being hemingway is not easy when your father is a doctor. you can imagine what his mother wanted him to become. after high school, he did not attend college. he went to work at the "kansas city star" as a newspaper reporter. he told his mother he was going to be a writer. she said that is a fine hobby what are you going to do to make money? he wanted to accomplish something. he felt if he wrote about what he experienced, that would do it. suffering from manic depression, it gave him that drama. you realize the differential in the styles of writing that he does. he can express something violent something very loving. that is what is interesting about the character of hemingway. his ma

ernest hemingway knocked out a farewell of arms while here in key west. he said, if you really want to write, start with one true sense. >> it is something beyond, cherished because it is something that has never been done. >> this is also where harry truman sought refuge from washington. >> president freeman -- truman thought he was constantly under everyone's eyes, so by coming down here with staff, he felt comfortable. they certainly at times told off color stories and they had a blast. they visited back and forth without scrutiny from the press. they wore hawaiian shirts. there was even a company that sense hawaiian shirts -- sent hawaiian shirts. then the president wore them. it was the official uniform of key west. >> watch at 5:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span3. >> martha johnson was an invalid when she was destined to the role of first lady. reconstruction in the south and his on impeachment took place during her husband's presidency. first ladies, exploring the private lives of first ladies from martha washington to michelle obama

ernest hemingway wrote several of his novels at this home. >> they bought it for $8,000 in 1931, and pauline converted this hayloft into his first formal writing studio. here, he fell in love with fishing, the clarity of his writing, how fast he was producing, how fast he knocked out the first draft of "a farewell to arms." he once had a line that said if you want to write, start with one true sentence. >> each book should be a new beginning, for something beyond attainment. you should always strive for something that has never been done, or that others have tried and failed. >> key west is also where president harry truman sought refuge from washington. >> president truman regarded the white house as the white to jail . he thought he was constantly under everyone's i, and by coming to key west, he could let down his hair, and sometimes the staff would let their beards grow. they certainly used off-color stories, and could certainly have a glass of bourbon and visit back and forth without any scrutiny from the press, a sportswear company said a case of hawaiian shirts went to the pre

ernest hemingway wrote several of his novels at this home in key west. >> they found this home for saleto his first formal writing studio. here, he fell in love with fishing. he fell in love with the clarity of his writing. how fast he was producing. the first rough draft of "a farewell to arms" in just two weeks when arriving in key west. 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 where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. he should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. >> key west is also where president harry truman sought refuge from washington. >> president truman regarded the big white house as the great white jail. he thought he was constantly under everyone's eye. and so by coming to key west, he could come with his closest staff, let down his hair, sometimes some of the staff would let their beards grow for a couple days. they certainly at times used off-color stories. and they certainly could have a glass of

ernest hemingway wrote several of his novels at his home in key west. >> they found this house for sale, they bought it for $8,000 in 1931. polly converted this hayloft into his first formal writing studio. here, he fell in with fishing the clarity of his writing, how fast he was producing the work. he knocked out the first rough draft of "a farewell to arms" in the first two weeks of being in key west. >> for a true writer, each book should be a new beginning before he tries again. he should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. >> key west is also where president harry truman thought refuge from washington. >> president truman regarded the big white house as the great white jail. he thought he was constantly under everyone's i. i coming to key west, he could come with his closest staff, let down his hair. sometimes, some of the staff would let there be -- beards grow for a couple of days. they certainly could have a glass of bourbon and visit back and forth without any scrutiny from the press. a sportswear company sent a case of hawaii

ernest hemingway, thomas jefferson, benjamin franklin and charles dickens were known for working at standing desks. this trend catching on across the country and in the workplace. the workplace it's nice because we talked about it before. >> standing. >> it's healthier. it's not good to sit too long. >> or having a treadmill. >> and it looks like you can adjust the height of the desk. obviously the kids have much different -- >> right. it looks like it. exactly. they are going to use it k-8. >> i need one of those fidget things. >> thank you, pam. >>> time now 7:47. sal, you don't need a fidget thing. >> after so many cups of coffee, you get jetter you get jittery sometimes. >>> a crash westbound 80. i don't know if you can see it. they moved off on their own. they were right there. you can't see it any more, which is good news. they picked up and moved often to the shoulder which is a sign no one was injured. they were in that fast lane for a bit and traffic backed up. it is going to be slow coming in from richmond in pockets to the macarthur maze. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza

i actually live only about two blocks from the home in which ernest hemingway where he was in high school and did his first writing. i'm hoping that some of the karma will blow over towards my side of the block. the readers have to be the judge whether or not any of that succeeded. i doubt that hemingway found a story that was as exciting as the one that i uncovered and tried to put together while writing this book. it was just 50 years ago in august of 1953 that the c.i.a. overthrew a government for the first time. that was the democratically elected government of muhammad mozadek. the prime minister of iran. now that episode was hardly noticed in the world press and certainly the involvement of the united states the truth of what really happened was completely unknown at that time. at the time this coup was launched it seemed like a success in the united states. we had gotten rid of someone we didn't like and put in someone we did like for 25 years the period that the shah was in power, we could still from the perspective of the u.s. government consider this to be a success. it's only n

ernest hemingway wrote several novels at his home in key west. >> they found this house for sale, about it for $8,000 in 1931. pauline actually converted this hay lot of into his first writing studio. he fell in love with fishing, clarity of writing, how fast, knocked out first rough draft of "farewell to arms" in two weeks in key west. he once had a line, if you really want to write start with one true sentence. >> for a true writer, each book should be a new beginning for he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. he should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. >> key west is also where president harry truman sought refuge from washington. >> president truman regarded the big white house as the great white jail. he thought he was constantly under everyone's eye. so coming to key west, he could come with his closest staff, let down his hair. sometimes some of the staff would let their beards grow for a couple of days. they certainly at times used off colored stories and they certainly could have a blast of bourbon and visit

ernest hemingway wrote several of his novels at this house. >> pauline actually converted this loft intomal writing studio. here he fell in love with fishing. he fell in love with the clarity of his writing. how fast he was producing the work. he knocked out the first rough draft of a farewell to arms in just two weeks. he once said, if you really want to write, start with one true sentence. for a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. he should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. >> key west is also where president harry truman sought refuge from washington. >> president truman regarded the big white house as the great white jail. he felt he was constantly under everyone's eyes. by coming to key west he could come of his closest staff, let down his hair. some of the staff would let their beards grow for a couple days. they certainly used off-color stories. they could have a glass of bourbon and visit back and forth without any scrutiny from the press. a sportswear

and not only anticipates ernest hemingway's strategies that has meant setting themselves under the influence of violent emotion produced by combat and war, it adds another layer of the salute offered to gordon. instead of the officers method or preserving or preventing the tonsil of soldiers, his salute now becomes what it no doubt was a manly or even heroic feat of unfaltering self-control under unusual and extraordinary emotional pressure. in version five, he consolidates his role as the originator of the salute and now i am on page eight. i am picking it up with -- halfway through that section. this was the last scene of such momentous history, some honor also to manhood. when the head of each division column comes opposite our group our whole line from light to -- right to left, regimen by regimen gives the soldiers salutation from order arms to marching salute. this version adds nothing new to the representation of the salute itself, although this one is with a maryland unit makes its appearance but it does show them straining toward greater eloquence which phrases such as last scene, m

battle-bronzed cheeks, chamberlain's narrative here achieves something real as it not only anticipates ernest hemingway's strategies for depicting men trying to steady themselves under the influence of violent emotions produced by combat and war, it adds another layer to the salute offered to gordon. instead of an officer's effective method for preserving discipline and preempting the potential taunts of victoria's soldiers chamberlain's salute now becomes what it no doubt was for more than a few -- and manly, even heroic feat of unfaltering self-control under unusual and extraordinary emotional pressure. in version five published in 1903, chamberlain consolidates his role as originator of the salute. now i am on the page it is on. i'm on page eight. i'm on page eight, and i'm picking it up about halfway through that section. this was the last scene of such momentous history that i was in held to render some token of recognition, some honor also to manhood so high. instructions have been given, and when the head of each division column comes opposite our group, our bugle sounds the signal, and instantly,

ernest hammond hemingway wrote several books in his home.he bought it in 1931 and she converted this hayloft into his first formal writing studio. here he fell in love with fishing, the clarity of his writing, fishing, the clarity of his writing, how fast he was producing the work. in fact he knocked out the first rough draft in just two weeks after arriving in key west. he once had a west. he once had a line that said if you really want to write, start with one true sentence. for a true writer, a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond. he should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. >> key west is also where president harry truman sought refuge from washington. >> it was regarded as the great white jail. he thought he was constantly under everyone's eyes so by coming to key west he could come with his closest app, let down his hair sometimes some of the staff would let their beards grow for a couple days. they certainly, at times us

. >> we start out with a visit to the home of ernest hemingway. ..

ernest hemingway wrote several of his novels at his home in key west. >> they found his house for salefirst formal writing studio. >> here he fell in love fishing, fell in love with the click of this writing, how fast is producing the work. in fact, he knocked out the first rough draft of a farewell to arms in just two weeks when writing in key west. he wants out of life is that if you really want to write, start with one true sentence. so a true writer can't each book should be a new beginning or he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. he should always try for something that had never been done over that others have tried and to have failed. >> key west is where president harry truman sought refuge from washington. spent president truman regarded the big white house as the great white jail. he felt he was constantly on everyone's i can't answer by committee key west he could come with his closest staff, let down his hair, sometimes some of his staff would let their beards grow for a couple of days. they certainly had time to do off-color stories and they certainly coul

ernest hemingway wrote several novels at this home. >> they bought it for $8,000 and pauline convertedhe hayloft into his first forammal writing studio. here he fell in love with fishing, he fell in love with how quickly he was writing. he wants have a line that said if you want to write start with one true sentence. for a true writer, each book should be a new beginning as he tries again for something beyond attending. he should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed. >> key west is also where president henry crimmins thought refuge -- henry truman sought refuge from the white house. >> he thought he was constantly under everyone's are so by coming to key west he could let down his hair. sometimes the staff would let their beards grow for a couple of days. please certainly at times used off-color stories and could have a glass of urban and visit back and forth without scrutiny from the press. a sportswear companies sent a case of why shirts to the president -- hawaii insureds to the president would be thought that if the president is wea

a key west resident from 1948 ernest hemingway used these city as inspiration for most of his works. together with our cable partners, cities tour staff recently visited many locations exploring key west's richard street. learn more all weekend here on the american history tv. mr. chandra: welcome to four zachary taylor state art. it goes back to 1845. it continued to be constructed until 1866. they were able -- they were able to fashion us with the remnants of the masonry fortes. they found it was all the way down here to 1845. it was one of the largest masonry fortes of its size. it was state of the art. this was the best thing we had to offer after some of these disasters that occurred in the war of 1812. at one time we were a true fortress surrounded by water. there is no beach, there was no parking lot. all we have is a moat. there is a moat that the park service put in, just to have a sense of what it was like when it was surrounded by water. this was january 16, 10 days after florida became the third state to leave the union. this fort was officially taken over by the union. c