TheonlyplaceintheUnitedStatesthatHemingwaycouldreallycallhomeafterhestartedwritingwasthetropicalislandofKeyWest.Duringhisdecadehereinthe1930s,heacquiredhisfamedmachopersonaasPapa,thebiggestBigDaddyofthemall.ThisvividportraitofErnestHemingway’sKeyWestrevealsbothHemingway,thewriter,andHemingway,themacho,hard-drinkingsportsman.HisKeyWestyearsturnedouttobehismostproductive:hefinishedAFarewelltoArms,startedForWhomtheBellTolls,andwroteseveralotherbooks,includingGreenHillsofAfrica,DeathintheAfternoon,andToHaveandHaveNot.Healsoturnedoutsomeofhisbestshortstories.Therewasplentyoftimeleftoverforeating,drinking,fighting,fishing,chasingwomen,andhangingoutwithhiscircleoffriends(knownas“theMob“).HemingwayspentthelastyearsofhislifeinCuba,anditwashereheovercameseveraldemons--accidents,failinghealth,depression--towriteTheOldManandtheSea,forwhichhewonbothaPulitzerandaNobelPrizeinLiterature.Filledwithphotos(someofwhichwerenotavailableinthefirstedition),thisbookalsoincludesatwo-hourwalkingtourofKeyWestandatourofHemingway’sfavoriteCubanhaunts.Thiseditionalsoincludesarecordoftheauthor’sexploitsinBiminiandCuba.AccompanyHemingwayonfishingexpeditionsintheGulfStreamandtoCubaandBiminiaboardhiscustom-builtboat,Pilar.AtreatforHemingwayfans!
