Ernest Hemingway1899-1961

The Hemingway home in Oak Park, IL (present day)

Hemingway and his family, about 1917

The Kansas City Star reporter

Hemingway in his Red Cross Ambulance Service uniform – an unofficial “lieutenant” – with ribbons for bravery

In the hospital in Milan, recuperating from his wounds

Kansas City StarStyle Sheet

Use short sentences

Use short first paragraphs

Use vigorous English

Be positive, not negative

Passport photo, European correspondent for the Toronto Star Weekly, 1922-23.

With friends and nemeses – the “lost generation” in Paris, Left Bank, about 1922.

Café de Deux Magots (still there today), a favorite haunt of the American expatriates in Paris. “Magot” is French for monkey, not maggot.

First book, a collection of stories featuring Nick Adams, published in paris by a small press

With Sylvia Beach and others outside Shakespeare and Company, a bookstore and hangout spot for the expatriates. The bandage on Hemingway’s forehead is from an unusual accident involving drink, a skylight, and a toilet.

Shakespeare and Company, present day, in a slightly different location from the original store, but still on the Left Bank