by Timothy Christian | Mar 23, 2022 | Mary's childhood
Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe, stand in the center of Mary’s hometown of Bemidji, Minnesota, signifying the importance of the lumber industry. Mary escaped from the land of the lumberjacks to pursue her dream of becoming a journalist. Share this: Click to share on...
by Timothy Christian | Mar 21, 2022 | Reviews of Hemingway's Widow
“Hemingway’s Widow: The Life and Legacy of Mary Welsh Hemingway” by Timothy Christian. (Pegasus Books/TNS) New on the bookshelf: March 19, 2022 Observant biography about Hemingway’s 4th wife After reading Ernest Hemingway’s Paris memoir, “A Moveable Feast,” while in...
by Timothy Christian | Mar 20, 2022 | Mary's childhood
Mary’s father, Thomas (Tom) Welsh, was a college-educated lumberman who could recite Hamlet by heart. Tom used the steamboat Northland to pull log booms across Leech Lake, and the boat ferried passengers on excursions across the lake on weekends. Mary spent her...
by Timothy Christian | Mar 16, 2022 | Carol Sklenicka, Reviews of Hemingway's Widow
Carol Sklenicka This is a fine review of the first biography of Mary Welsh Hemingway, fourth wife and widow of Ernest. As a coach with Biographers International Organization, I had the honor and pleasure working with author Tim Christian on his final draft...
by Timothy Christian | Mar 15, 2022 | Book Club Questions
Before Mary met Ernest: Bill Walton commended Mary’s “first-class, creative journalism,” recognizing “what a long road she had traveled on her own from Bemidji to Time” in an occupation that had been a male preserve until then. Why did Mary long to escape from...
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