Concoctions: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn"

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Garson O’Toole

Hemingway Didn’t Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations, pp.183-191

2017

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Title: Concoctions: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn"
Author/Creator: Garson O’Toole
Publication Details: Hemingway Didn’t Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations, pp.183-191
Annotation: Debunks the popular anecdote crediting Hemingway with authoring the six-word baby shoes story. O Toole traces versions of the tale back to 1910 and attributes the Hemingway connection to John De Groot s play, Papa (1989).
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter
Record Identifier: 991015132091303691