
Books, Boats and Embezzlers
Season 4 Episode 3 | 40m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
A collection of shorts about our state’s literature, navigation and criminals.
Idaho Experience shares a collection of shorts about Idaho history: A publisher maintains hands-on printing traditions; how Idaho life influenced Ernest Hemingway; steamboats that plied the waters of Lake Pend Oreille for work and play; an infamous Idaho criminal from a pioneer family; and how drive-in theaters are keeping family movie-watching rites alive.
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Idaho Experience is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV
Major Funding by the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation. Additional Funding by Anne Voillequé and Louise Nelson, Judy and Steve Meyer, Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation, the...

Books, Boats and Embezzlers
Season 4 Episode 3 | 40m 3sVideo has Closed Captions
Idaho Experience shares a collection of shorts about Idaho history: A publisher maintains hands-on printing traditions; how Idaho life influenced Ernest Hemingway; steamboats that plied the waters of Lake Pend Oreille for work and play; an infamous Idaho criminal from a pioneer family; and how drive-in theaters are keeping family movie-watching rites alive.
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Clip: S4 Ep3 | 5m 46s | The book “Numbered” tells the stories of the women incarcerated at the Old Idaho Pen. (5m 46s)
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Clip: S4 Ep3 | 6m 56s | Idaho’s Drive In theaters have seen an uptick in business during the coronavirus pandemic. (6m 56s)
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Clip: S4 Ep3 | 9m 57s | The owners of two letterpresses describe the appeal of this centuries-old craft. (9m 57s)
Preview of "Books, Boats and Embezzlers"
Preview: S4 Ep3 | 31s | Preview of "Books, Boats and Embezzlers" (31s)
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Clip: S4 Ep3 | 6m 5s | How Hemingway’s time in Idaho influenced the writer’s loves, life and literary output. (6m 5s)
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Clip: S4 Ep3 | 9m 23s | Sunnyside Queen is a homemade steamboat that sails on Lake Pend Oreille in North Idaho. (9m 23s)
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Idaho Experience is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV
Major Funding by the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation. Additional Funding by Anne Voillequé and Louise Nelson, Judy and Steve Meyer, Richard K. and Shirley S. Hemingway Foundation, the...