1899-1961

Discusses the life of Ernest Hemingway, beginning with early influences in Oak Park, Illinois, then his first job in Kansas City, and on to adventures in Italy, France, Spain, Key West, and Cuba, and reflects on those individuals and locations that inspired him, as well as the influence his critics had on his writing.

"In 1937, twenty-eight-year-old Martha Gellhorn travels alone to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War and becomes drawn to the stories of ordinary people caught in the devastating conflict. It's the adventure she's been looking for and her chance to prove herself a worthy journalist in a field dominated by men. But she also finds herself unexpectedly--and uncontrollably--falling in love with Hemingway, a man on his way to becoming a legend. In the shadow of the impending Second World War, and set against the turbulent backdrops of Madrid and Cuba, Martha and Ernest's relationship and their professional careers ignite. But when Ernest publishes the biggest literary success of his career, For Whom the Bell Tolls, they are no longer equals, and Martha must make a choice: surrender to the confining demands of being a famous man's wife or risk losing Ernest by forging a path as her own woman and writer."--Provided by publisher.

Looks at the life of twentieth-century American author Ernest Hemingway.

In the spring of 1944, Hemingway traveled to London and then to France to cover World War II for Collier's Magazine. Why did he go so late in the war? He had resisted this kind of journalism for years but when he finally made the decision to go, he threw himself into it and became a conduit to understanding some of the major events and characters in the war. He flew missions with the RAF, was on a landing craft on Omaha Beach on D-Day, worked with the French Resistance, rode into the streets of liberated Paris, and was at the German Siegfried line for the horrendous killing ground of the Hurtgen Forest, where the 22nd Regiment lost nearly every man they sent into the fight. It has been argued that after the Hurtgen Forest tragedy, Hemingway was never the same. He used his wartime experiences for much of his later work.

A collection of nine critical essays on Hemingway's novel "A Farewell to Arms" arranged in chronological order of publication.

Details the making of Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, the outsize personalities who inspired it, and the vast changes it wrought on the literary world. In the summer of 1925, Ernest Hemingway and a clique of raucous companions traveled to Pamplona, Spain, for the town's infamous running of the bulls. Then, over the next six weeks, he channeled that trip's maelstrom of events into his groundbreaking novel. This revolutionary work redefined modern literature as much as it did his peers, who would forever after be called the Lost Generation. Blume's vivid account reveals the inner circle of the Lost Generation as we have never seen it before, and shows how it still influences what we read ahd how we think.

Contains a complete plot summary and analysis of Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea", as well as discussion of the characters and themes, and includes study questions.

Ernest Hemingway was a twentieth century American author and journalist known for his spare and direct writing style. Hemingway penned many novels and stories including The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, and The Old Man and the Sea, which earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954.

Sketches of the author's early life in Paris in the twenties provide nostalgic reminiscences of his first marriage and the discipline of developing his own literary craft.