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Charles Sweeny, the Man Who Inspired Hemingway (Paperback)
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Charles Sweeny, the Man Who Inspired Hemingway (Paperback)
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Charles Sweeny was the heir to a fortune, but instead of a life of
comfort, he became a warrior for causes he believed in. Twice
kicked out of West Point, he fought in revolts against three Latin
American dictators, became a highly decorated officer in the French
Foreign Legion and the U.S. Army in World War I, a brigadier
general in the Polish-Soviet War, a military advisor in the
Greco-Turkish War, the leader of a flying squadron in Morocco's Rif
War, a military advisor to the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War,
and a spy for French intelligence. Before America entered World War
II, he dodged FBI agents and U.S. neutrality laws to recruit
American pilots to fight the Nazis and became a group captain in
the R.A.F.'s Eagle Squadron. After Pearl Harbor, he worked with
"Wild Bill" Donovan to devise guerilla campaigns in North Africa
and Eastern Europe. This richly detailed book uses Sweeny's
personal papers, historical documents and photos to tell the
amazing true story of America's most celebrated soldier of fortune,
who was a life-long friend of Ernest Hemingway and a role model for
the novelist's fictional manly heroes.
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