- Title
- Introduction: Heroes, Role Models and Legends
- Author/Creator
- Charley RobertsCharles P. Hess
- Publication Details
- Charles Sweeny, the Man Who Inspired Hemingway, pp.5-17
- Annotation
- Biography of Sweeny, famed soldier of fortune, journalist, and lifelong friend of Hemingway. Chronicles their relationship beginning with their initial 1922 meeting covering the Greco-Turkish War and ending with Hemingway s death. Points to Sweeny, with his penchant for adventure and war, as the real-life model for Richard Cantwell of Across the River and into the Trees. Speculates on a possible affair between Mary Hemingway and Sweeny.
- Academic Unit
- Hemingway Bibliography
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Record Identifier
- 991015131970803691
Book chapter
Introduction: Heroes, Role Models and Legends
Charles Sweeny, the Man Who Inspired Hemingway, pp.5-17
2017
Appears in Hemingway Bibliography
Metrics
6 Record Views