Hemingway wrote for the Toronto Star from 1920 to 1924. Book has all 172 of the pieces that he published in the Star. 459 pp. plus Index. Foreword by Charles Scribner Jr., Introduction by William White. Black cloth spine has gilt text. Reddish paper covered boards have, " Ernest Hemingway Dateline Toronto" blindstamped on front panel. Top edge dyed black, spine tail slightly rubbed, gift dedication ffep, ow book fine. Priceclipped DJ has edge wear on top edge ow, it too is fine. Digital images available on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 133170.

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Title

Dateline: Toronto - The Complete Toronto Star Dispatches, 1920-1924

Publisher

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York

Publication Date

1985

Language

English

ISBN 10

0684185156

ISBN 13

9780684185156

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Dick Adelson (jacket design)

Edition

First Edition, First Printing

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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Dateline: Toronto collects all 172 pieces that Hemingway published in the Star, including those under pseudonyms. Hemingway readers will discern his unique voice already present in many of these pieces, particularly his knack for dialogue. It is also fascinating to discover early reportorial accounts of events and subjects that figure in his later fiction. As William White points out in his introduction to this work, "Much of it, over sixty years later, can still be read both as a record of the early twenties and as evidence of how Ernest Hemingway learned the craft of writing." The enthusiasm, wit, and skill with which these pieces were written guarantee that Dateline: Toronto will be read for pleasure, as excellent journalism, and for the insights it gives to Hemingway's works.

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They are a highly readable feast, these 172 articles written by Hemingway for the Toronto Star between early 1920 and late 1924. They range from amusing sketches of everyday life in Toronto to firsthand and sometimes quite lengthly reports on the social and political scene in postwar Europe. Whether the subjects are Lloyd George's visit to Canada, the behavior of women at prize-fights, Christmas in Paris, bullfighting in Pamplona, France's political woes, Mussolini's Fascists or Toronto's young Communists, the pieces invariably exhibit Hemingway's expertise at digging out the facts, his uncanny grasp of dialogue and his shining simplicity of style. They also contain a surprisingly strong element of humor. Here is Hemingway ironically knowing, skilled in his craft and very wide awake, a literary apprentice who hardly seems an apprentice. November 18
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Hemingway undervalued his journal ism, insisting it was ``timely rather than permanent.'' But many of the 172 arti cles he wrote for the Toronto Star merit attention and admiration. On assign ment in post-war Europe, Hemingway observed and absorbed many of the subjects (war and love, courage and sham, cruelty and injustice) that were to shape his fiction. His prose style also began to assume its distinctive rhythms and diction. Several of these dispatches would reappear,shrewdly altered, as vi gnettes in In Our Time (the thrill of trout and tuna fishing; the conscious ness of bullfighting as more than sport``a very great tragedy''). In By - line: Ernest Hemingway (Scribner, 1967), William White included only 29 of these pieces. The full edition is most welcome. Arthur Waldhorn, English Dept., City Coll., CUNY
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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