Ernest Hemingway: A Strange Fish

Book chapter

Sam Jefferson

Sea Fever: The True Adventures that Inspired Our Greatest Maritime Authors, from Conrad to Masefield, Melville and Hemingway, pp.95-116

2015

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Title: Ernest Hemingway: A Strange Fish
Author/Creator: Sam Jefferson
Publication Details: Sea Fever: The True Adventures that Inspired Our Greatest Maritime Authors, from Conrad to Masefield, Melville and Hemingway, pp.95-116
Annotation: Biographical study focusing on the people and events in Hemingway s life that purportedly inspired The Old Man and the Sea, such as his relationships with Cuban fisherman Carlos Gutierrez and his unfortunate marlin fishing incident with old friend Mike Strater. Details how the sea and his boat, Pilar, gave Hemingway the necessary solace from his tumultuous life to create a novella with such a profound understanding of nature, the sea, and the magic of man s relationship with both its unfathomable depths and the creatures therein. Includes excerpts from Hemingway s journalism for the Toronto Star and Esquire, personal correspondence, and colleague testimonies.
Academic Unit: Hemingway Bibliography
Language: English
Resource Type: Book chapter
Record Identifier: 991015132262603691