ERNEST HEMINGWAY - An Illustrated Biography,

Hamlyn - Octopus, London - 1998 hardcover, 8¼" x 11", with dust jacket in transparent protective covering. AS NEW book in AS NEW unclipped dust jacket No devotee of Ernest Hemingway should be without this sumptuously-illustrated record of his life and times. Hemingway was not only one of the most influencial writers of the twentieth century - he was also an ambulance driver in World War 1; covered the Spanish Civil War as a journalist; a big-game hunter & deep-sea fisherman; a soldier with French Resistance in WWII; an adherent of post-Revolutionary Cuba; a passionate lover; a husband of four extraordinary women; a romantic prone to depression; a suicide; and, of course, a best-selling novelist. As packed book weighs 1¼kgs (3lbs), slightly-higher-than-usual shipping costs may apply (email us your location, we'll quote first).