A must-read for Hemingway enthusiasts in the centennial year of his
birth, A Hemingway Odyssey contains never-before-published
interviews with people who knew him and observations of the special
places he frequented, thus revealing how powerfully the waters Hemingway
loved influenced his writing from his earliest days to his last novels.
Wherever Hemingway went--in Michigan, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Key
West, Cuba, or Kenya--he managed to find special places that he plumbed
both emotionally and with a hook and line. In this fascinating
narrative, H. Lea Lawrence retraces the great writer's footsteps to
these special places and records the recollections and insights offered
by some of the people who recalled when Hemingway visited their town or
fished with one of their relatives. Beginning with one of the writer's
first short stories, "Big Two-Hearted River," which is reproduced in its
entirety, an unmistakable relationship is established between
Hemingway's angling experiences and various stages of his writing.
This unique approach to Hemingway's life sets it apart from the work of
other biographers. Numerous photographs put readers in touch with his
life, particularly with the waters where he loved to fish, from rushing
trout streams to the Gulf Stream.
