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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2003-11-18
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 0743225295
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
0743225295
ISBN-13
9780743225298
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2503940
Product Key Features
Book Title
Hemingway on Hunting
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
Classics, Hunting, Literary, American / General, Essays
Genre
Literary Criticism, Sports & Recreation, Fiction, Literary Collections
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
11.1 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2003-054499
Reviews
"Hemingway at his purest. . . artfully spare, gracefully descriptive, and faithful to his professional commitment." -- The Washington Post, "Hemingway at his purest. . . artfully spare, gracefully descriptive, and faithful to his professional commitment." -- The Washington Post, "Hemingway at his purest. . . artfully spare, gracefully descriptive, and faithful to his professional commitment." - The Washington Post, eoeHemingway at his purest. . . artfully spare, gracefully descriptive, and faithful to his professional commitment.e e" The Washington Post, The Washington Post Hemingway at his purest...artfully spare, gracefully descriptive, and faithful to his professional commitment., Hemingway at his purest. . . artfully spare, gracefully descriptive, and faithful to his professional commitment. The Washington Post, The Washington PostHemingway at his purest...artfully spare, gracefully descriptive, and faithful to his professional commitment.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
813/.52
Table Of Content
Contents A Brief Hunter's Chronology Foreword by Patrick Hemingway Acknowledgments Introduction by Seán Hemingway I From up in Michigan to the Serengeti Fathers and Sons The Three-Day Blow The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber The Snows of Kilimanjaro From A Farewell to Arms... "Memories of Hunting in the Abruzzi" From Green Hills of Africa... "The Way to Hunt" From Green Hills of Africa... "The Need to Hunt" From Green Hills of Africa... "The Hyena" From Green Hills of Africa... "P. O. M.'s Lion" From Green Hills of Africa... "The Rhino" From Green Hills of Africa... "The Buffalo" From Green Hills of Africa... "Pursuit and Failure" From Green Hills of Africa... "The Kudu" From Green Hills of Africa... "A Good Country" From For Whom the Bell Tolls... "Hunters versus Soldiers" From Across the River and Into the Trees... "Duck Hunting on the Venetian Lagoon" II Dispatches from the Field Game-Shooting in Europe -- The Toronto Daily Star, November 3, 1923 A. D. in Africa: A Tanganyika Letter -- Esquire, April 1934 Shootism versus Sport: The Second Tanganyika Letter -- Esquire, June 1934 Notes on Dangerous Game: The Third Tanganyika Letter -- Esquire, July 1934 Remembering Shooting-Flying: A Key West Letter -- Esquire, February 1935 My Pal the Gorilla Gargantua -- Ken, July 28, 1938 The Clark's Fork Valley, Wyoming -- Vogue, February 1939 The Shot (an excerpt) -- True, April 1951 Safari (an excerpt) -- Look, January 26, 1954 The Christmas Gift (an excerpt) -- Look, April 20, May 4, 1954 III A Hunter's Return to the Good Country The Last Good Country (two excerpts) From The Garden of Eden... An African Story From True at First Light... "Miss Mary's Lion" From True at First Light... "Eagle Bait" From True at First Light... "The Leopard" Selected Bibliography
Synopsis
The companion volume to the bestselling Hemingway on Fishing . Ernest Hemingway's lifelong zeal for the hunting life is reflected in his masterful works of fiction, from his famous account of an African safari in "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" to passages about duck hunting in Across the River and Into the Trees . For Hemingway, hunting was more than just a passion; it was a means through which to explore our humanity and man's relationship to nature. Courage, awe, respect, precision, patience--these were the virtues that Hemingway honored in the hunter, and his ability to translate these qualities into prose has produced some of the strongest accounts of sportsmanship of all time. Hemingway on Hunting offers the full range of Hemingway's writing about the hunting life. With selections from his best-loved novels and stories, along with journalistic pieces from such magazines as Esquire and Vogue , this spectacular collection is a must-have for anyone who has ever tasted the thrill of the hunt--in person or on the page., Ernest Hemingway's classic writings on hunting--one of his greatest passions--brought together in one volume, a must-have for any fan of Hemingway or hunting. Ernest Hemingway's lifelong zeal for the hunting life is reflected in his masterful works of fiction, from his famous portrayal of an African safari in "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" to passages about duck hunting in Across the River and Into the Trees . For Hemingway, hunting was more than just a passion--it was a means through which to explore our humanity and man's relationship to nature. Courage, awe, respect, precision, patience--these were the virtues that Hemingway honored in the hunter, and his ability to translate these qualities into prose has produced some of the strongest accounts of sportsmanship of all time. Hemingway on Hunting offers the full range of Hemingway's writing about the hunting life. With selections from his best-loved novels and stories, along with journalistic pieces from such magazines as Esquire and Vogue , this spectacular collection is a must-have for anyone who has ever tasted the thrill of the hunt--in person or on the page., The companion volume to the bestselling Hemingway on Fishing Ernest Hemingway's lifelong zeal for the hunting life is reflected in his masterful works of fiction, from his famous account of an African safari in "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" to passages about duck hunting in Across theRiver and Into the Trees.For Hemingway, hunting was more than just a passion; it was a means through which to explore our humanity and man's relationship to nature. Courage, awe, respect, precision, patience -- these were the virtues that Hemingway honored in the hunter, and his ability to translate these qualities into prose has produced some of the strongest accounts of sportsmanship of all time.Hemingway on Huntingoffers the full range of Hemingway's writing about the hunting life. With selections from his best-loved novels and stories, along with journalistic pieces from such magazines asEsquireandVogue,this spectacular collection is a must-have for anyone who has ever tasted the thrill of the hunt -- in person or on the page.
LC Classification Number
PS3515.E37A6 2003b
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