Writings of Ernest Hemingway
From Ernest Hemingway’s home in Key West, Florida, the guests talked about his life and writings, and how the history of…
C‑SPAN's original series exploring American history through the writers who have shaped the course of this nation.
C-SPAN's American Writers: A Journey Through History explores American history through the lives and works of American writers who have influenced the course of our nation. C-SPAN presents each program from a historic site associated with a writer's life and work. Every program features selected writers' novels, speeches, diaries, essays and life stories, creating a snapshot of American history.
From Ernest Hemingway’s home in Key West, Florida, the guests talked about his life and writings, and how the history of…
Guests examined the origins and impact of the Harlem Renaissance which lasted from the end of World War I through the mi…
Scholars and guests examined the final stages of the Civil War and beginning of the Reconstruction era through the writi…
The history of westward expansion was examined through the writings of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Lewis and Cla…
Guests examined the history of post-Civil War Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, and race relations through the writings of…
In an excerpt from the American Writers program, “Writings of Kirk and Buckley,” William F. Buckley, Jr. was interviewed…
Guests examined the history of the Plains Indian in the late-nineteenth century, the policy of Indian removal, and warfa…
Live from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., authors Neil Sheehan and David Halberstam talked about thei…