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Ernest Hemingway: An Illustrated Biography - David Sandison - Hardcover

Name: Ernest Hemingway: An Illustrated Biography - David Sandison - Hardcover
Author: David Sandison
ISBN: 9781556523397

by David Sandison

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Overview

Hemingway was not only one of the most influential writers of the century - he was also an ambulance driver in World War I; a journalist covering the Spanish Civil War; a big-game hunter and deep-sea fisherman; a soldier with the French Resistance during World War II; an adherent of both pre- and post-Revolutionary Cuba; a passionate lover; the husband of four extraordinary women; a romantic prone to depression; a suicide; and, of course, a bestselling novelist. In this illustrated biography, David Sandison reveals Hemingway as a complex character who was far more than the sum of his parts, and in the process illuminates both his writings and the age he helped define.

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Library Journal

This is one of what will no doubt be many books published to coincide with Hemingway's upcoming centennial this July. Though photo-rich, this thumbnail portrait lacks detail and depth, offering little insight into Hemingway's life beyond names, places, and dates. It also contains neither an index nor a bibliography. Though it brings nothing new to the study of Hemingway, this book could attract the reader with a working knowledge of his life who is simply looking for the basics. Ultimately, however, it seems best suited for grammar and junior high school-level collections. Public libraries sporting the scholarly biographies by Carlos Baker and Michael Reynolds can pass on this.--Michael Rogers, "Library Journal"

Booknews

A visual biography of the writer of the Lost Generation, featuring tinted b&w photos from his experience in WWI, the Spanish Civil War, and WWII, his career as a journalist, his marriages and affairs, his life as a big-game hunter and deep-sea fisherman, and his career as a novelist. Text reveals Hemingway as a complex character who was far more than the sum of his parts, and illuminates both his writings and the age he helped define. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)