Hemingway's boat everything he loved in life, and lost, 1934-1961 Hendrickson, Paul 1944- creator author text bibliography biography Biography. collective biographies. Biographies. Biographies. Biographies. nyu 2011 1st ed. monographic eng print viii, 531 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm "An illuminating reconsideration of a key period in the life of Ernest Hemingway that will change the way he is perceived and understood. Focusing on the years 1934 to 1961--from his pinnacle until his suicide--Paul Hendrickson traces the writer's exultations and despair around the one constant in his life during this time: his beloved boat, Pilar. We follow him from Key West to Paris, to New York, Africa, Cuba, and finally Idaho, as he wrestles with his angels and demons. Whenever he could, he returned to his beloved fishing cruiser, to exult in the sea, to fish, to drink, to entertain friends and seduce women, to be with his children. But as he began to succumb to fame, we see that Pilar was also where he cursed his critics, saw marriages and friendships dissolve, and tried, in vain, to escape his increasingly diminished capacities. Generally thought of as a great writer and an unappealing human being, Hemingway emerges here in a far more benevolent light. Drawing on previously unpublished material, including interviews with Hemingway's sons, Hendrickson shows that for all the writer's boorishness, depression, and alcoholism, and despite his anger, he was capable of remarkable generosity." -- Prologue: Amid so much ruin, still the beauty -- Part one: Getting her. American light ; That boat ; Gone to firewood ; States of rapture -- Part two: When she was new, 1934-1935. Home ; Shadow story ; High summer ; Catching fish ; On being shot again ; Outside worlds ; Exuberating, and then the jackals of his mind -- Part three: Before. Edens lost and darkness visible -- Part four: Old men at the edge of the sea : Ernest/Gigi/Walter Houk, 1949-1952 and after. Moments supreme ; Facet of his character ; The gallantry of an aging machine ; Braver than we knew ; In spite of everything ; "Necrotic" ; What he had ; Reenactment -- Epilogue: Hunger of memory -- On the curious afterlife of Pilar. Paul Hendrickson. The Cushing Library Lit/Mitchell copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell. Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-514) and index. n-us--- Hemingway, Ernest 1899-1961 Authors, American 20th century Biography Journalists United States Biography Journalists United States Biography Authors, American 20th century Biography Hemingway, Ernest 1899-1961 Écrivains américains 20e siècle Biographies Journalistes États-Unis Biographies Hemingway, Ernest 1899-1961 Authors, American Journalists United States Hemingway, Ernest 1899-1961 Authors, American 20th century Biography Amerikanska författare 1900-talet biografi Journalister Förenta staterna biografi Hemingway, Ernest 1899-1961 American authors Biography Journalists United States Biography 1900-1999 fast PS3515.E37 Z628 2011 813/.52 B 9781400041626 1400041627 2011003398 Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 DLC 110131 20240906161051.9 in00002726496 eng