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32%OFFTerry Mort - Hemingway at War: Ernest Hemingway´s Adventures as a World War II Correspondent - 9781681772479 - V9781681772479
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Hemingway at War: Ernest Hemingway´s Adventures as a World War II Correspondent

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Description for Hemingway at War: Ernest Hemingway´s Adventures as a World War II Correspondent Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 3JJH; BGL; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 474.

In the spring of 1944, Ernest Hemingway travelled to London and then to France to cover the Second World War for Colliers Magazine. He had resisted this kind of journalism for the early period of the war but now threw himself into the thick of events. He flew missions with the RAF, went on a landing craft on Omaha Beach on D-Day, involved himself in the French Resistance forces and famously rode into the still dangerous streets of liberated Paris. He was at the Siegfried Line in the Huertgen Forest when the 22nd Regiment lost nearly every man sent into ... Read more

This invigorating narrative is, in parallel, an investigation into Hemingway’s subsequent work—much of it stemming from his wartime experience—which shaped the latter stages of his career.

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Product Details

Publisher
Pegasus Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781681772479
SKU
V9781681772479
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Ref
99-14

About Terry Mort
Terry Mort attended Princeton University, followed by graduate school at the University of Michigan. Afterward he served as an officer in the navy, specializing in navigation and gunnery. His service included a lengthy deployment to Vietnam. He is the author of The Hemingway Patrols and The Wrath of Cochise. He lives with his wife, Sondra Hadley, in Sonoita, Arizona and Durango, ... Read more

Reviews for Hemingway at War: Ernest Hemingway´s Adventures as a World War II Correspondent
"Mort has penned an intricately detailed book that considers well Hemingway’s complicated persona."
Charleston Post and Courier
"Mort is a fine writer who has put his finger on an element in Hemingway’s career that hasn’t been broadly considered."
Buffalo News
"Hemingway at War is about much more than Hemingway, offering what some might think of as padding, ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Hemingway at War: Ernest Hemingway´s Adventures as a World War II Correspondent


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