A Hemingway Odyssey: Special Places in His Life
A must-read for Hemingway enthusiasts
A Hemingway Odyssey contains never-before-published interviews with people who knew him and observations of the special places he frequented, thus revealing how powerfully the waters Hemingway loved influenced his writing from his earliest days to his last novels.
Wherever Hemingway went—in Michigan, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Key West, Cuba, or Kenya—he managed to find special places that he plumbed both emotionally and with a hook and line. In this fascinating narrative, H. Lea Lawrence retraces the great writer's footsteps to these special places and records the recollections and insights offered by some of the people who recalled when Hemingway visited their town or fished with one of their relatives. Beginning with one of the writer's first short stories, "Big Two-Hearted River," which is reproduced in its entirety, an unmistakable relationship is established between Hemingway's angling experiences and various stages of his writing.
This unique approach to Hemingway's life sets it apart from the work of other biographers. Numerous photographs put readers in touch with his life, particularly with the waters where he loved to fish, from rushing trout streams to the Gulf Stream.
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Book details
- Author
- Lea Lawrence
- Imprint
- Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback
- Subjects
- Biography & Autobiography › Literary Figures
Biography & Autobiography › Reference - Topics
- Ernest Hemingway · literary biography · travel memoir · fishing · Lost Generation · expatriate life · Key West · Cuba
- ISBN-13
- 9781581820249
About the author
H. LEA LAWRENCE contributed to more than 60 magazines and authored multiple books on fly fishing, bowhunting, small-game hunting, and Hemingway.
Lawrence held positions as chief of public relations for the Tennessee Game and Fish Commission and co-editor of The Tennessee Conservationist. He also worked as a newspaper reporter, feature writer, and columnist, and held a degree in biology with a separate major in English from East Tennessee State University.
When not writing, Lawrence was active in the Outdoor Writers' Association of America, the National Rifle Association, and Safari Club International. His books reflect a career rooted in the natural world and field sports.
Lea lived in Franklin, Tennessee.