Hemingway in Michigan

by Constance Cappel

For anyone interested in Ernest Hemingway, the person, the myth, the reality, Hemingway in Michigan gives a fascinating insight into the roots of his character and writing. The Nick Adams stories as well as the Torrents of Spring were written by Hemingway about northern Michigan and his life there.

Genres: Biography

201 pages, Paperback

First published December 12, 1988

Reviews

[Cindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

So serendipitous to find this book in a little free library in a marina while I was IN Michigan! I read it in the evenings on my sailboat as we traveled around various locations in the northern part of lower Michigan.

Although this time we didn't make it to Petoskey, Harbor Springs, Boyne City, Horton Bay, Little Traverse Bay, Lake Charlevoix, and the other numerous Hemingway spots from his younger days, I now feel as if I know what to look for when I DO get there. And I know more about the history of those areas.

Further, it was very special to read information based on first person research including interviews of real people such as Hadley Richardson Hemingway Mowrer (1st wife). The author "walked the paths described in [Up in Michigan] stories" and "talked to old farmers who were neighbors of the Hemingway family and whom Hemingway had not bothered to give fictitious names in his published stories." Of course, this was researched during the early 1960s (and published in 1966 after Hemingway's death) so many of those people were still alive to interview.

[Noah Switalski · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book was good

[Patrick McGarry]

Great Book!