Essential… One reads Kenneth Lynn with excitement… He has shaped Hemingway’s life and death into a story that approaches tragedy.

• * Preface * Part One: 1899--1919 *1. "I Had a Wonderful Novel to Write About Oak Park" *2. A Peculiar Idea *3. A Land of Magic *4. The Championship Game * Part Two: 1919--1923 *5. Rejection Slips *6. "The World's a Jail and We're Going to Break It Together" *7. Americans in Paris *8. Dragons' Teeth *9. Sports * Part Three: 1923--1926 *10. "Nick in the Stories Was Never Himself" *11. "We Have More Pun Together All the Time" *12. Harold and Horace, Scott and Zelda *13. Betrayals *14. Double Meanings * Part Four: 1926--1936 *15. "I Loved Her Pine" *16. A Hollow Man *17. Mens Morbida in Corpore Sano *18. The Big Out * Part Five: 1936--1945 *19. The Spanish Tragedy *20. "Book Selling Like Frozen Daiquiris in Hell" *21. Combined Operations * Part Six: 1945--1961 *22. Horrors *23. "How Do You Like It Now, Gentlemen?" *24. "The Country Is Beautiful Around Here" * Acknowledgments * Notes * Bibliography * Index

Essential… One reads Kenneth Lynn with excitement… He has shaped Hemingway’s life and death into a story that approaches tragedy.

• * Preface * Part One: 1899--1919 *1. "I Had a Wonderful Novel to Write About Oak Park" *2. A Peculiar Idea *3. A Land of Magic *4. The Championship Game * Part Two: 1919--1923 *5. Rejection Slips *6. "The World's a Jail and We're Going to Break It Together" *7. Americans in Paris *8. Dragons' Teeth *9. Sports * Part Three: 1923--1926 *10. "Nick in the Stories Was Never Himself" *11. "We Have More Pun Together All the Time" *12. Harold and Horace, Scott and Zelda *13. Betrayals *14. Double Meanings * Part Four: 1926--1936 *15. "I Loved Her Pine" *16. A Hollow Man *17. Mens Morbida in Corpore Sano *18. The Big Out * Part Five: 1936--1945 *19. The Spanish Tragedy *20. "Book Selling Like Frozen Daiquiris in Hell" *21. Combined Operations * Part Six: 1945--1961 *22. Horrors *23. "How Do You Like It Now, Gentlemen?" *24. "The Country Is Beautiful Around Here" * Acknowledgments * Notes * Bibliography * Index

Essential… One reads Kenneth Lynn with excitement… He has shaped Hemingway’s life and death into a story that approaches tragedy.

• * Preface * Part One: 1899--1919 *1. "I Had a Wonderful Novel to Write About Oak Park" *2. A Peculiar Idea *3. A Land of Magic *4. The Championship Game * Part Two: 1919--1923 *5. Rejection Slips *6. "The World's a Jail and We're Going to Break It Together" *7. Americans in Paris *8. Dragons' Teeth *9. Sports * Part Three: 1923--1926 *10. "Nick in the Stories Was Never Himself" *11. "We Have More Pun Together All the Time" *12. Harold and Horace, Scott and Zelda *13. Betrayals *14. Double Meanings * Part Four: 1926--1936 *15. "I Loved Her Pine" *16. A Hollow Man *17. Mens Morbida in Corpore Sano *18. The Big Out * Part Five: 1936--1945 *19. The Spanish Tragedy *20. "Book Selling Like Frozen Daiquiris in Hell" *21. Combined Operations * Part Six: 1945--1961 *22. Horrors *23. "How Do You Like It Now, Gentlemen?" *24. "The Country Is Beautiful Around Here" * Acknowledgments * Notes * Bibliography * Index