it is the southernmost city in the continental united states. with the help of our comcast cable partners, we will speak with local authors and hear about the literary culture and history of the area. >> key west is often springs to mind hemingway, but the other author who lived here the longest was tennessee williams, the playwright. -- ourtart our future feature with a visit to the home of ernest hemingway. dave: i've had the privilege of not only working here at the hemingway home, but i live on the property in the guest quarters. this has been one of the greatest honors of my life. i have the enjoyment of walking around the property after 5:00 when everyone is gone. you can see the beauty of the property, the inspiration hemingway probably felt. he had a line. if you want to write, start with a true sentence. >> for a writer, each book should be a new effort to try to do something else. how simple life would be if it was only necessary to write in a different way what has been well written. dave: ernest hemingway was definitely a unique and

♪ welcome to key west, florida, the southernmost city in the continental united states.ourism is its major industry, 's mostwas once florida populated city. we will look at how the cuban migration shaped key west. >> key west was the island that was closest to them mainland of so there was more contact between key west and cuba than between key west and the rest of florida. in 1880, key west was the most populated city in the state of florida. total population, around 20,000, and they were mostly cubans. announcer: later a close look at materials or from a wrecked spanish galleon off of key west. ofthere were over a thousand these loaded on board, each one averaging about 70, 75 pounds. a very heavy cargo stowed in the lowest part of the ship. assayer's'ks, dates, marks, and it is this tremendous history about the economics of the time. announcer: go inside president 's the white house. learn about the time he spent in key west. ♪ >> the little white house got its name partly through an accident, partly through just the fact that franklin roosevelt had had a little white

. >> the c-span city's tour tomorrow has to key west, florida, the southernmost city in the continental united states. we will visit the ernest hemingway house. h historyut the jewis and talk with the author of the book "quit your job and moved to key west." the tour of key west is wednesday at 6:00 p.m. on c-span. florence harding once said that she had only one hobby, and that was warren harding. she was a significant force in her husband's presidency and adept at handling the media turned despite her husbands infidelities, his death in office and her own poor health, she would help to find the role of the modern first lady. florence harding, this sunday night at 8:00 eastern on "first ladies, influence in image: examining the public and private lives of the women who filled andposition of first lady" their influence on the president for martha washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. ♪ >> so thrilled and excited to be here. and i want to thank c-span for covering the national book festival. we have a beautiful sunny day, and i hop

the cities on c-span each day at 6:00 p.m. eastern. ♪ welcome to key west, florida, the southernmost city in the continental united states.ourism is its major industry, 's mostwas once florida populated city. we will look at how the cuban migration shaped key west. >> key west was the island that was closest to them mainland of so there was more contact between key west and cuba than between key west and the rest of florida.

it is the southernmost city in the continental united states. with the help of our comcast cable partners, we will speak with local authors and hear about the literary culture and history of the area. >> key west is often springs to mind hemingway, but the other author who lived here the longest was tennessee williams, the playwright. -- ourtart our future feature with a visit to the home of ernest hemingway. dave: i've had the privilege of not only working here at the