Mark Salter on How Hemingway Inspired Senator John McCain
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We welcome Mark Salter, who served as Senator John McCain's advisor and speechwriter, to discuss the senator's lifelong passion for the works of Ernest Hemingway. From his first encounter with For Whom the Bell Tolls to his final consideration of the elegiac \\u201cThe Snows of Kilimanjaro,\\u201d Salter speaks movingly about Senator McCain's engagement with Hemingway\\u2019s writing and how it informed his ethics.\\xa0
Along the way, Salter talks about the art of speechwriting, Senator McCain as a potential literature scholar, and the way For Whom the Bell Tolls\\u2019s Robert Jordan emerged as a fictional character that was completely alive for the senator. Join us for this fascinating conversation!
This episode was recorded on November 23, 2020.