Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

Like his famous brother Ernest, who was born today in 1899, Leicester Hemingway was a novelist and a storyteller. But Leicester did something even Ernest never did: he created his own micronation. Here's the story of the Republic of New Atlantis. Plus: back in 1958, a farmer in Florida made his first payment on a new Chevrolet in an unusual way.  Contents of a country: Leicester Hemingway’s Republic of New Atlantis (University of Texas) Miscellany, Jul. 21, 1958 (TIME) Join our Patreon backers, who help us bring this show to people in dozens of countries --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message