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Ernest Hemingway: A Writer's Life
An introduction to the life and work of one of the most significant and notorious American writers of the 20th century.Ernest Hemingway's literary status alone makes him worthy of a biography. In addition, his life reads like a suspense storyit's full of action, romance, heartbreak, machismo, mishaps, celebrity, and tragedy. He had first-hand experience of several historic...more
Hardcover, 192 pages
Published
July 21st 2009
by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
(first published 2009)
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I really enjoyed this book! Inspiring, poignant, and tragic! He LIVED his life! From skiing in Switzerland to bull fights in Spain to deep sea fishing in Key West and Cuba! He travelled the world to report on war and was there during Spain's Revolution and in France for the invasion in Normandy! Yet he drank a lot, suffered from depression (a family illness), and was a very selfish person! He was also one of the greatest writers we gave ever seen!
Every man's life ends the same way. It ...more
Every man's life ends the same way. It ...more
Required Category - Nonfiction
Reef has a wonderful, conversational voice when addressing a young adult audience, but her book was just too long to be accessible to that audience. Hemingway is an interesting subject anyway, and Reef brought to life the stories of his life, especially his youth, and used photos well throughout. The book looks like a coffee table book, fat and packed with info. It turned me off a little as an adult reader; it would probably completely shut down a high sch...more
Reef has a wonderful, conversational voice when addressing a young adult audience, but her book was just too long to be accessible to that audience. Hemingway is an interesting subject anyway, and Reef brought to life the stories of his life, especially his youth, and used photos well throughout. The book looks like a coffee table book, fat and packed with info. It turned me off a little as an adult reader; it would probably completely shut down a high sch...more
A biography of Hemingway by the author of last year’s book about e.e. cummings, this book does not disappoint. Covering the author’s childhood, marriage, career, and death in less than 200 pages, Reef give a pretty clear picture of what his life was like. There are passages that explain the background and influences for his most famous works. The text is interspersed with family photos and the 13 pages of endnotes and 5 page bibliography shows that the text was well researched. An enjoyable...more
An excellent overview of Hemingway, marketed to young adults yet perfectly appropriate for someone like myself who knows virtually nothing about him and doesn't particularly like his writing. Two things stood out for me: the unbelievably cruel letter his mother wrote to him when he was an adolescent, and the fact that his youngest son started drinking at age 11, at his father's encouragement.
An informative and interesting biography that is aimed for teenagers. I can't imagine any teenager being interested in reading it though as it is unlikely a teen will have read enough Hemingway to understand his influence in literature. Well researched.
Good look at Hemingway's life, with no glossing over the rougher parts of his personality or home life. Interesting stuff; there was a lot I thought I knew about him but even more I did not, and what a life he lived!
Excellent biography of Hemingway aimed at teens. Would be great for a research report in middle or high school.
hemingway is not my favorite authors, but catherine reef's retelling of his life is well done in my book.
Why does every great man have to be SO flawed?
A wonderful overview (for teens) of Hemingway's life and how it affected his writing. Layout is beautiful, with lots of pictures. I've always been fascinated with Hemingway, though I'm sure I wouldn't have liked him much. ;) Fun to read before my trip to Key West, too.
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Catherine Reef is the author of more than 35 nonfiction books for young people. Her books for Clarion include the highly acclaimed JOHN STEINBECK and SIGMUND FREUD, which was the recipient of the 2002 Sydney Taylor Award, presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries. She lives in College Park, Maryland.
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