Hemingway On War. Edited by Sean A. Hemingway, with a Foreword by Patrick Hemingway.
New York: Scribner, 2003. First Printing of the First US Edition. A Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Ernest Hemingway witnessed many of the seminal conflicts of the twentieth century, and he recorded them with matchless power. This collection brings together Hemingway's most important writings on war and includes selections from Hemingway's first book of short stories, In Our Time, as well as from A Farewell to Arms, his towering novel of World War I. Excerpts from For Whom the Bell Tolls, Hemingway's indelible portrait of life and love during the Spanish Civil War, along with his only full-length play, The Fifth Column. Passages from Across the River and Into the Trees portray an emotionally scarred career soldier in the twilight of life as he reflects on the nature of war. Classic short stories, such as "In Another Country" and "The Butterfly and the Tank," stand alongside captivating selections from Hemingway's war correspondence during his nearly twenty-five years as a reporter for The Toronto Star and other papers. Among these journalistic pieces are the author's coverage of the Greco-Turkish War of 1922, a legendary early interview with Mussolini, and his jolting eyewitness account of the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Hemingway on War is a fine collection of Ernest Hemingway's best writings about the impact of human combat. Brought together for the first time, these works represent the author's penetrating and frank accounts of courage, fear, perseverance, depression, and hope in the midst of war. Item #29058
ISBN: 0743243269
Price: $95.00