Ernest Hemingway: An Illustrated Biography

by David Sandison

A visual biography of the writer of the Lost Generation, featuring tinted b&w photos from his experience in WWI, the Spanish Civil War, and WWII, his career as a journalist, his marriages and affairs, his life as a big-game hunter and deep-sea fisherman, and his career as a novelist. Text reveals Hemingway as a complex character who was far more than the sum of his parts, and illuminates both his writings and the age he helped define. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Genres: Nonfiction

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had a particular interest in this author because of his fondness for cats. Though I now intend to read several of his novels this book wonderfully describes Ernest Hemingway’s life. The format also adds to the enjoyment.

[Antti Tähtinen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Shortcharged stories.

[False · Rating 2 out of 5]

What do I think? I think it's the type of book a teenager would check out for a book report, then out of sheer boredom, draw all over the photographs, while misspelling Hemingway's name repeatedly. At least they could write cursively. Would you marry someone knowing you were going to be wife #4? And what I really loved, she saw his eyeballs and brains splattered all over the place. She even had to walk through it. But. She denied it was a suicide...even had a Catholic burial, even though he had been excommunicated in 1940...because we all know Catholics don't bury suicides in sacred ground. It runs in the family. Suicide and denial.

[Jean · Rating 3 out of 5]

I chose this book to see photos of the personalities Hemingway featured in A Moveable Feast, but it covers his entire life. Hemingway had an extraordinary talent for compartmentalizing his life. He worked diligently at writing and as a correspondent, but he always managed to find lots of time for recreation and pursuing his many interests. By the time he was forty he was a celebrity but his excesses already seemed unsustainable.