Introduction to Cesar Becerra and Beatrice Brickell. 1:36 min. Interview: Raymond Elman. Post-Production: Lee Skye. Music: Karen Gomyo, Recoded 11/24/2024. Miami Book Fair.
CESAR A. BECERRAis a South Florida historian who’s taken part in chronicling and sharing the stories of the region for two decades. He is the author of half a dozen books ranging from hiking the Appalachian Trail to the logging history of the Big Cypress Preserve. He is the former publisher of The Everglade Magazine, an award-winning publication printed during Everglades National Park’s 50th anniversary. He has walked, hiked, slogged, canoed, kayaked, air-boated and swamp buggied all across the Everglades. In 1997, the Miami Herald named him an “Everglades Evangelist” and the New Times called him “Miami’s Most Peripatetic Historian. He is now engaged in writing the epic tale of the 230-foot SS Kaimiloa that plied the South Seas one hundred years ago.
Cesar’s love for the past and sense of adventure is where his two worlds unite. He has a penchant for hidden history and knows no boundaries or distances when it comes to searching for it.
BEATRICE A. BRICKELL pursued a career as an international trade lawyer in Washington DC . She earned a JD from American University’s Washington College of Law and an LLM in International Law from Georgetown University. With a lifelong passion for the law she also loves to travel and swim. Bea has also enjoyed restoring old properties and recounting tales of Miami and old Florida learned from her Kellum and Brickell family.
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EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES: 0:50 sec.
Where did you grow up and what was your first awareness of art of any discipline?
EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES: 1:14 min.
How did your family’s history in Miami impact you?
INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 1:09 min.
What was your motivation for creating this book?
INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 1:20 min.
Tell us how you met.
CRITICAL THINKING: 1:24 min.
Tell us about the Kaimiloa.
CRITICAL THINKING: 1:28 min.
Tell us about the early adaptation of new technology on the Kaimiloa.
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 2:59 min.
What year did they start using a shortwave radio on the Kaimiloa?
OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED: 1:31 min.
What were some of the more cataclysmic moments?
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 0:42 sec.
Is this book part of a series?
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 2:39 min.
Have you considered making a movie of Med Kellum’s story?
CRITICAL THINKING: 1:27 min.
What are your next steps?
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 1:19 min.
Tell us more about Med Kellum.
PERSEVERANCE FURTHERS: 4:00 min.
What is your timetable for completing your Med Kellum trilogy?
