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Hemingway's Guns - The Sporting Arms of Ernest Hemingway (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Hemingway's Guns - The Sporting Arms of Ernest Hemingway (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Ernest Hemingway's friend AE Hotchner once described a 'yellowed
four-by-five picture of Ernest', shown to him by Hemingway, 'aged
five or six, holding a small rifle. Written on the back in his
mother's hand was the notation, "Ernest was taught to shoot by Pa
when 2.5 years and when 4 could handle a pistol".' Firearms and
shooting infused Hemingway's existence and thus his writing. He was
a member of his high school gun club and went to war when he was
eighteen. he hunted elk, deer, and bears in the American West and
went on two extended African safaris, which figured hugely in his
writing and changed his life. 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,
rifles, and pistols - the tools of the trade that proved themselves
in his hunting, target shooting, and in his writing. Weapons are
some of our most culturally and emotionally potent artifacts. The
choice of gun can be as personal as the car one drives or the
person one marries - another expression of status, education,
experience, skill, and personal style. Including short excerpts
from Hemingway's works, these stories of his guns and rifles tell
us much about him as a lifelong expert hunter and shooters, and as
a man.
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