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Hemingway's Key West

By: Stuart B. McIver
Narrated by: David Colacci
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The only place in the United States that Hemingway could really call home after he started writing was the tropical island of Key West. During his decade here in the 1930s, he acquired his famed macho persona as Papa, the biggest Big Daddy of them all. 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. He also turned out some of his best short stories. 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"). Hemingway spent the last years of his life in Cuba, and it was here he overcame several demons-accidents, failing health, depression-to write The Old Man and the Sea, for which he won both a Pulitzer and a Nobel Prize in Literature.

This book includes a two-hour walking tour of Key West and a tour of Hemingway's favorite Cuban haunts. It also includes a record of his exploits in Bimini and Cuba. Accompany Hemingway on fishing expeditions in the Gulf Stream aboard his custom-built boat, Pilar. A treat for Hemingway fans!

©1993, 2002 Stuart B. McIver (P)2023 Tantor
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Having been down to Key West a few times, this book was on my list. I learned a lot about the legendary author and thoroughly enjoyed this book. I definitely would buy it in hardcover.

A great biography of Ernest Hemingway

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My only problem is the info on the Pilar is out of date or just wrong. The Pilar is not in Cojímar, it is dry docked at the Finca Vija.

Enjoyed the Key West History

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Not the most exciting story but one that works well for a fan of Papa and Key West… would recommend

Good for a fan

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If you like Hemmingway or perhaps just the Florida keys, this is a great book . Even better to read before a trip to Key West!

Love of Key West

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Informative. Good history. Useful chapter on a 2-hour, self-guided (McIver’s book) tour of Key West! Glad that I read it!

Good Book for Hemingway & Key West Sight-seers

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An ok story of EH and Key west. Many facts are retold in chapter after chapter. Some filler chapters on Bimini and Cuba to pad the book length. Some errors especially regarding Gregory Hemingway and Leicester Hemingway. Read Running with the Bulls by Valerie Hemingway for more detail and accuracy.1

Ok a lot of repetition and filler. Errors due to slip shod research

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