Social histories of the twenties often account for opinions by referring to the response of groups to headline events. Many of these histories use familiar rubrics: the boom, the consumerism it induced, the moral and stylistic changes affecting different generations. The "Introduction to the Volume" of The Introduction concludes that Hemingway's letters and fiction are reliable evidence for the cost, nature, and value of things he observed.
Read MoreMichael Reynolds wrote in The Young Hemingway (1986) that “not long after the movie of Roosevelt's African hunt played Oak Park, the Hemingway family-reunion picture shows young Ernest in his safari costume standing at the edge of the smilers. At his side he holds a hat like the one Teddy wore. In National Geographic, he devoured Roosevelt's account of the hunt, complete with pictures of dead animals and half-naked native women. Roosevelt's book African Game Trails became a permanent part of Hemingway's library.”
Read MoreThomas Bevilacqua brings his series to a close with toasts and trivia!
Read MoreCelebrating Susan Beegel's editorship and the PEN Hemingway on board the Odyssey.
Read MoreThomas Bevilacqua, our man in Oak Park, summarizes the start of the festivities.
Read MoreThe Hemingway Review blog welcomes Thomas Bevilacqua as "Our Man in Oak Park." Tom will be offering a daily account of the Oak Park conference--stories, highlights, gossip (just kidding), and photos.
Read MoreHow to cite this blog in MLA 8:
Author's Last Name, Author's First Name. "Title of Post." THR Blog, The Hemingway Foundation and Society, Date blog was published, Link to blog entry (omit http:// or https://).