Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway in Italy
He enlisted in the Red Cross medical service, driving an ambulance on the Italian front. He was badly wounded in the knee at Fossalta di Piave; yet, still under heavy mortar fire, he carried a wounded man on his back a considerable distance to the aid station. They removed over 200 shell fragments from his legs and body,
Was Hemingway a Girl!?
His mother Grace Hall, dressed him as a little girl in his youth
Hemingway's Affair was made in a Movie!
Hemingway's affair with an American nurse, was made into a book "A Farewell to Arms", and a movie. Later that movie was recreated and made into a second movie.
Hemingway was a Bullfighter?!
Hemingway was interested in bullfighting.
Hemingway's Home
His home in Key West is one of the first to have running water.
How Many Times Was Hemingway Married?
He's been married four times, and has made a movie out of one of his affairs.
Hemingway Hardly ever got a real “hangover.”
This is likely because he basically never stopped drinking, morning and night, but many a tale is told of the scribe stumbling off to bed (or floor or dock or dirt) totally sloshed, only to rise the next morning as fit as a fiddle… ready to drink himself horizontal again!
Alcoholism/Depression
He was a long time sufferer of alcoholism and depression, because of the death (suicide) of his dad that left a deep emotional scar on him.
Hemingway and Nature
Though out Hemingway's life he has always had a love for nature. He also enjoyed hunting game through out his life.
Fitzgerald and Ernest Friends!?
Fitzgerald helped Ernest Hemingway with his writing career by introducing him to his editor. They also became great friends in the process.
Hemingway's Plane Crashing!
Hemingway was in two plane crashes in his lifetime and survived both.
Hemingway Jumped Out of a plane!
Hemingway attempted to commit suicide by jumping out of a plane. Fortunately he was unsuccessful, because of the passengers in that plane pulling him back in before he could jump.
Hemingway's Daughter
Hemingway's daughter committed suicide, just like her Father and Great Grandfather.
Hemingway's Dad
He killed himself and left his son with an emotional scar.
Is Hemingway That Good of a Hunter?
He killed more animals than Ted Nugent!
How many Rabbits!?
On one day of hunting Hemingway killed more than 50 rabitts!
Old Man and The Sea
He Hunted Sharks?
Ernest Hemingway hunted sharks… with a Thompson Sub machine Gun. Really we should just stop there and call it a day, but I’ll explain nonetheless. Hemingway was a huge fan of deep sea fishing (an particular Old Man come to mind?), and routinely grew enraged when marauding sharks would tear chunks out of his bounty of marlin, swordfish, etc. as he reeled them into his boat. So Hemingway did the only logical thing: he began to keep a Tommy Gun at hand. When sharks menaced his catch, Hem would turn the line over to a partner and machine gun the hell out of the sharks, preserving his catch for himself and whichever Mrs. Hem happened to be around at the time.
He once won a bet that he could write a short story..in 6 words!
If the legend is true, Hemingway bet a group of assembled “peers” (meaning “lesser humans”) that he could write a compelling story in six words. Haughtily, the other writers accepted the challenge and threw their cash onto the (Algonquin round) table. Then Hemingway dropped this one them: “For Sale: baby shoes. Never worn.” And with that, he took all their money.
For Hemingway, a cat with 5 toes was not sufficient. He only truly loved polydactyl SIX TOED CATS!
We can picture it now: someone presents Hem with a cat sporting a mere 5 toes on each paw; Hemingway slams down his mug of gin and bellows “BRING ME A SIX TOED BEAST OR NOTHING AT ALL!” OK, maybe that never happened, but Ernest did love polydactyl cats, and he did keep a lot of them around, though maybe not the dozens and dozens some people like to claim.