Hemingway on Hunting

Hemingway, Ernest & Sean Hemingway

ISBN 10: 1585743712 / ISBN 13: 9781585743711

Published by The Lyons Press, 2001

About this Item

Larger octovo hardcover, tight bright unworn, owner name on front paste-down, mostly hidden by DJ fold, else FINE in FINE DJ. Bright copy . For him passion for hunting suggested human values/virtues which he incorporated into his life and writing. ; 9.3 X 6.9 X 1.4 inches.

Seller Inventory # 29558

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hemingway on Hunting
• Publisher: The Lyons Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1585743712
• ISBN 13: 9781585743711
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition :.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

The creator of Hemingway on Fishing returns with a loving tribute to the writerĘs passion for game hunting, retracing his various expeditions throughout the world, from the snow of Kilamanjaro to his American adventures.

From the Back Cover

The importance of fishing in Ernest Hemingway's life was matched only by his passion for hunting. Edited and with an introduction by his grandson Sean, and with a foreword from his son Patrick, Hemingway on Hunting chronicles Ernest Hemingway's lifelong zeal for the hunting life, from the plains of Africa to the American West. Hemingway found in hunting the virtues of courage and skill, qualities that he admired greatly and would incorporate into so many other aspects of his life and work. Hunting was not only a pursuit of great passion for him - a thrilling activity in its own right - but it also provided him with a model by which to explore fundamental issues of human nature. His unique ability to isolate these issues into prose has produced the most classic writings of the sport in existence. His famous account of an African safari "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber," "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," passages about duck hunting from Across the River and into the Trees, extensive selections from Green Hills of Africa, and other important short stories, along with numerous selections from his journalistic pieces for Esquire, Vogue, and others, including such works as his "Tanganyika Letters" and his account of hunting in Clark's Fork Valley, Wyoming, make this a definitive summary of a master sportsman, hunter, and writer, and a must-have for anyone who has ever tasted the thrill of the hunt or who simply enjoys great writing. (7 1/4 x 9 1/2, 334 pages, b&w photos)