Sindelar - Influencing Hemingway: people and places that shaped his life and work

Influencing Hemingway

Influencing Hemingway

People and Places That Shaped His Life and Work

Nancy W. Sindelar

Rowman & Littlefield

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Influencing Hemingway : people and places that shaped his life and work / Nancy W. Sindelar.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8108-9291-0 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8108-9292-7 (ebook) 1. Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961Friends and associates. 2. Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961Homes and haunts. 3. United StatesIntellectual life20th century. 4. Authors, American20th centuryBiography. I. Title.

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Acknowledgments

The various places in which Ernest Hemingway lived during his lifetime are a testimony to his passion for writing, his love of the outdoors, and his fondness for reading. Though the houses occupy various locations around the world, they have certain similarities. They are filled with books and animal trophies and tend to be in secluded places that promote the concentration needed for writing. A visit to any of Ernest Hemingways homes creates an opportunity to better understand the author and the people and places that influenced him. Thus, the first acknowledgment is to the various foundations that support and restore the places that were important to Ernest. I am especially grateful to the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park as it has provided me as well as others with numerous opportunities to better understand the author and the people and places that were important to him.

While this book focuses on the influences of the people and places, much of the information we have about Ernests interests and activities comes from photographs and letters. Fortunately for those of us who are interested in the life of Ernest Hemingway, his father was an avid photographer, who took photos of Ernest from his infancy until he left home to join the Red Cross Ambulance Corps. We are fortunate too to have talented people who collect and restore these valued photos. I am particularly grateful to Susan Wrynn and her dedicated interns at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum and to Allison Sansone at the Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park. Together they have provided many of the photos used in this book. I also want to thank Kris Hosbein, who used her considerable skills to bring many of the one-hundred-year-old images back to life.

In addition to the photos, much of the insight into the people who influenced Ernest comes from letters. He was a prolific letter writer and so were his parents, siblings, and many of his friends. His mother also kept detailed memory books that contained photos, early letters, and reflections on Ernests first eighteen years of life. Whether it was out of love or because of his early fame, many of the letters as well as the memory books have been saved. Again I want to acknowledge the work of the staff at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum who gather, restore, and preserve these important documents and also thank Paul Newman for sharing his private collection of reproduced letters exchanged between Ernest and Peter Viertel.

The study of photos and letters as well as the people and places that were important to Ernest shows clear connections between his life experiences and his literary output. As a result, quotations from his works are used to document Ernests use of his personal experiences in his writing. This use of quotations is a natural outcome of the study of the people and places that shaped his life and work, and acknowledgment and gratitude are given to Simon & Schuster, Inc. for their permission to publish quotations from the following works:

In Our Time

Reprinted with the permission of Scribner Publishing Group from IN OUR TIME by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright 1925, 1930 by Charles Scribners Sons; copyright renewed 1953, 1958 by Ernest Hemingway. All rights reserved.

A Farewell to Arms

Reprinted with the permission of Scribner Publishing Group from A FAREWELL TO ARMS by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright 1929 by Charles Scribners Sons. Copyright renewed 1957 by Ernest Hemingway. All rights reserved.

The Nick Adams Stories

Reprinted with the permission of Scribner Publishing Group from THE NICK ADAMS STORIES by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright 1972 and renewed 2000 by The Ernest Hemingway Foundation. All rights reserved.

The Sun Also Rises

Reprinted with the permission of Scribner Publishing Group from THE SUN ALSO RISES by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright 1926 by Charles Scribners Sons; copyright renewed 1954 by Ernest Hemingway. All rights reserved.

Green Hills of Africa

Reprinted with the permission of Scribner Publishing Group from GREEN HILLS OF AFRICA by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright 1935 by Charles Scribners Sons. Copyright renewed 1963 by Mary Hemingway. All rights reserved.

The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories

Reprinted with the permission of Scribner Publishing Group from THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO: AND OTHER STORIES by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright 1927 Charles Scribners Sons; Copyright renewed 1955. Copyright 1927 Ernest Hemingway; copyright renewed 1955. Copyright 1933 Charles Scribners Sons; copyright renewed 1961 by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright 1936 Ernest Hemingway; copyright renewed 1964 by Mary Hemingway. All rights reserved.

Death in the Afternoon

Reprinted with the permission of Scribner Publishing Group from DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright 1932 by Charles Scribners Sons. Copyright renewed 1960 by Ernest Hemingway. All rights reserved.

To Have and Have Not

Reprinted with the permission of Scribner Publishing Group from TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright 1937 by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright renewed 1965 by Mary Hemingway. All rights reserved.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Reprinted with the permission of Scribner Publishing Group from FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright 1940 by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright renewed 1968 by Mary Hemingway. All rights reserved.

The Old Man and the Sea

Reprinted with the permission of Scribner Publishing Group from THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright 1952 by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright renewed 1980 by Mary Hemingway. All rights reserved.

A Moveable Feast

Reprinted with the permission of Scribner Publishing Group from A MOVEABLE FEAST by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright 1964 by Ernest Hemingway. Copyright renewed 1992 by John H. Hemingway, Patrick Hemingway, and Gregory Hemingway. All rights reserved.

Ernest Hemingway: Dateline: Toronto

Reprinted with the permission of Scribner Publishing Group from ERNEST HEMINGWAY: DATELINE: TORONTO edited by William White. Copyright 1985 by Mary Hemingway, John Hemingway, Patrick Hemingway, and Gregory Hemingway. All rights reserved.