Hemingway's Cuba - 2000
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Finca Vigia
Hemingway's Library
Entering
the library through this archway from the living room, there's this
great driftwood root overhead. According to local legend, the
roots of this kind of tree bring protection from evil, because it grows
right at the edge of the sea, rooting both in land and in water and
bridging those two worlds.
Copyright info at bottom
This
corner is to the immediate left after you come through the archway.
The house was wired for sound in the 1950s. Gotta love
that. And the bull's tail hanging from the top of the
speakers. Not to mention the wicker bull's head!
(Does anyone recognize the artist? Please email me! I
love this.)
Some of the thousands of books in this room (one
(I'm sorry. I just didn't have enough film. Or
time.)
Konigsmark
The Grey Pilgrim
the dodgers
Hermit Place
Jackie Robinson
The Good Soldier Schweik
The Meeting of East and West
Battle for Chicago
The Way Our People Lived
Browning Complete Poetical Works
The Western Journals of Washington
Irving
True Exposure
Baseball's Greatest Hitters
[Note: Special thanks to Robert Trogdon for
identifying this title.]
Images c. 2000, Hilary K. Justice
Text c. 2002, Hilary K. Justice
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