Franklin LIbrary: Ernest Hemingway: 49 Short Stories

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Franklin Library FULL leather top-of-the-line edition of Ernest Hemingway's "The First Forty-Nine Stories," Illustrated by Bernard Fuchs, a Limited edition, one of the COLLECTED STORIES OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST WRITERS series, published in 1977. Bound in a Most Gorgeous burgundy Moroccan cowhide, the book has matching French moire silk endleaves, satin book marker, hubbed spines, 22 kt. gold gilding on three edges--in FINE condition. Ernest Hemingway, who lived from 1899-1961, was born in OAK PARK, ILLINOIS. His father was a doctor and his mother was a musician who tried to teach "Ernie" to love art and music. When Hemingway finished high school, he took a job as a reporter for the KANSAS CITY STAR whose style manuel called for "short sentences" and "short first paragraphs." Reporters were urged to "Be positive, not negative." Hemingway enlisted in WORLD WAR I as an ambulance driver. He was badly wounded and spent several months in a hospital in Italy. [This provided much of the material for "A Farewell to Arms."] Ernest married Hadley Richardson and they became parents to "Bumby" whose 'godmother' was GERTRUDE STEIN. Gertrude Stein said to Hemingway that he and his generation of 'expatriate writers' were a "lost generation." Ernest and Hadley were living in PARIS, FRANCE, between the two world wars when Ernest met and fell in love read more

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