My Brother, Ernest Hemingway
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.
A candid and deeply personal memoir, My Brother, Ernest Hemingway chronicles the life of one of America's most iconic literary figures through the intimate lens of his youngest sibling, Leicester Hemingway. Written with warmth and unflinching honesty, it presents a portrait of Ernest that moves beyond the public legend, revealing the private man behind the Nobel Prize-winning prose — his humor, his volatility, his fierce family loyalties, and his personal demons. Leicester draws on decades of shared memories to illustrate the formative experiences that shaped his brother's worldview, from their childhood in Oak Park, Illinois, to Ernest's final years. The tone balances brotherly admiration with a refreshing candor, making it an invaluable primary source for anyone seeking to understand the full, complex humanity of the man who wrote The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms.
Author: Leicester Hemingway
Format: Hardback
Published: 1962, The World Publishing Company
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.
A candid and deeply personal memoir, My Brother, Ernest Hemingway chronicles the life of one of America's most iconic literary figures through the intimate lens of his youngest sibling, Leicester Hemingway. Written with warmth and unflinching honesty, it presents a portrait of Ernest that moves beyond the public legend, revealing the private man behind the Nobel Prize-winning prose — his humor, his volatility, his fierce family loyalties, and his personal demons. Leicester draws on decades of shared memories to illustrate the formative experiences that shaped his brother's worldview, from their childhood in Oak Park, Illinois, to Ernest's final years. The tone balances brotherly admiration with a refreshing candor, making it an invaluable primary source for anyone seeking to understand the full, complex humanity of the man who wrote The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms.