HEMINGWAYS GUNS 2ED
HEMINGWAYS GUNS 2ED Ernest Hemingway's friend A.E. Written on the back in his mother's hand was the notation, 'Ernest was taught to shoot by Pa when 21/2 and when 4 could handle a pistol.'" Firearms…
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HEMINGWAYS GUNS 2ED
Ernest Hemingway's friend A.E. Written on the back in his mother's hand was the notation, 'Ernest was taught to shoot by Pa when 21/2 and when 4 could handle a pistol.'" Firearms and shooting infused Hemingway's existence and thus his writing. Hotchner once described a "yellowed four-by-five picture of Ernest," shown him by Hemingway, "aged five or six, holding a small rifle.
He hunted elk, deer, and bear in the American west and went on two extended African safaris, which figured hugely in his writing and changed his life. He was a member of his high-school gun club and went to war when he was eighteen. To the day of his death, Hemingway remained an avid hunter, first-class wingshot, and capable rifleman.
Following years of research from Sun Valley to Key West and from Nairobi, Kenya to Hemingway's home in Cuba, this volume significantly expands what we know about Hemingway's shotguns,