A Guide to Hemingway's Key West

by Mark Allen Baker

Overview

See the Conch Republic through Hemingway’s eyes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467151023
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	04/11/2022
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Mark Allen Baker is an author of over twenty-five nonfiction books. As a Hemingway historian and connoisseur, he spoke at the 1994 Hemingway Days Festival in Key West. Baker is the only person to serve the International Boxing Hall of Fame as an author, historian, chairperson, sponsor, volunteer and biographer. He also sits on the board of directors for the Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame. He lives in Hebron, Connecticut, and Lakewood Ranch, Florida. For additional information, or to contact the author, please see readmarkallenbaker.com

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Acknowledgements 13

Introduction. Hemingway On Boxing 15

1 Ernest Hemingway's Key West (1928-1940) 21

2 Hemingway's Mob, Associates and Assorted Guests 50

3 In the Author's Footsteps, Route One: From Whitehead Street West 76

4 In the Author's Footsteps, Route Two: Duval Street-Between Whitehead Street and White Street 96

5 In the Author's Footsteps, Route Three: Assorted Locations-From White Street East 130

6 The Key West Written Work of Ernest Hemingway, 1928-1940 139

7 From Souvenirs to Treasures 147

8 The Hemingway Mythos 161

Appendix. Street Reference and Distances 169

Notes 173

Bibliography 185

About the Author 191