Hemingway's Key West
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (691 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 156164241X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 165 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
During his decade here in the 1930s, he acquired his famed macho persona as Papa, the biggest Big Daddy of them all. He also turned out some of his best short stories. This vivid portrait of Ernest Hemingway’s Key West reveals both Hemingway, the writer, and Hemingway, the macho, hard-drinking sportsman. His Key West years turned out to be his most productive: he finished A Farewell to Arms, started For Whom the Bell Tolls, and wrote several other books, including Green Hills of Africa, Death in the Afternoon, and To Have and Have Not. Accompany Hemingway on fishing expeditions in the Gulf Stream and to Cuba and Bimini aboard his custom-built boat, Pilar. There was plenty of time left over for eating, drinking, fighting, fishing, chasing women, and hanging out with his circle of friends (known as "the Mob"). A treat for Hemingway fans!. Hemingway spent the last years of his life in Cuba, and it was here he overcame several demonsaccidents, failing health, depressionto write The Old Man and the Sea, for which he won both a Pulitzer and a Nobel Prize in Literature. This edition also includes a record of the author's exploits in Bimini and Cuba. The only place in the United States that Hemingway could really call home after he started writing was the tropical island of Key West. Filled with photos (some of which were not available in the first edition), this book also includes a two-hour walking tour of Key W
Interesting stories about the OLD Key West before the Overseas Highway and before it became the tourist mecca of Florida The book is filled with the many antics of Hemingway who was not only blessed with the creativity of being a well known writer but he was quite the sportsman as well. It seems he had many interests and they weren't all legal! I found the stories interesting but some were shocking as well. He was definitely a recluse who lived by his own rules but he did love the old-old Key West when it wa. St. Charles said Pass this one up. McIver is a poor writer. The book is extraordinarily repetitive. He says the same thing over and over again. It is like watching Groundhog Day with Bill Murray only much worse.I cannot believe his editors and publishers let this go to print.A terrible representation of a great writerHemingway that is, not McIver.. I've read better high school research papers. Brad Ross Although this work is informative for anyone going to Key West to visit Hemingway sites, McIver's book reads like a confused hodgepodge. This would not be a problem if the chapters addressed Heminway's time in the Keys chronologically. However, the facts seem to skip around. Many chapters repeat events addressed earlier in other chapters making it appear as if each one was written by a dif
Stuart McIver was the author of eleven books on Florida. A North Carolina native, McIver has been called “south Florida’s tribal storyteller.” . In addition, he wrote more than four hundred stories and articles for both regional and national publications and was the editor of South Florida History Magazine
About the Author Stuart McIver was the author of eleven books on Florida. A North Carolina native, McIver has been called “south Florida’s tribal storyteller.” . In addition, he wrote more than four hundred stories and articles for both regional and national publications and was the editor of South Florida History Magazine