by Timothy Christian | Feb 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
The playbill advertising the Premiere of A.E. Hotchner’s play, The Old Man and the Sea, at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, announces “A.E. Hotchner, Hemingway’s official biographer, and his son, Tim Hotchner, wrote the adaptation that runs through February... by Timothy Christian | Jun 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
I was in Spain following in the footsteps of Ernest Hemingway and his fourth wife, Mary Welsh, researching a book called Hemingway’s Widow. When I got to Madrid I googled “Hemingway in Madrid” finding a story in the New York Times about the author’s visits to... by Timothy Christian | Jul 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
Next week I am making a presentation based on Chapter 9 of Hemingway’s Widow at the conference at Santa Fe College, in Gainesville, Florida. Mary was reluctant to have a relationship with Ernest, let alone marry him, as is revealed in her journals and diaries... by Timothy Christian | Apr 21, 2017 | General Robert McClure, Hemingway's Widow, Mary's affairs, Uncategorized
One of the generals who took a serious interest in Mary was Brigadier General Robert McClure, the military attaché to the American Embassy in London. In 1942 he was appointed by General Eisenhower as chief of intelligence for the European theater of operations. Later... by Timothy Christian | Apr 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Mary and Noel Monks were married at the Chelsea Town Hall on December 31, 1938. Noel was a gentle, Australian journalist who carried his large frame in well-pressed suits. Though only 31 years of age, he was a seasoned war correspondent who had reported on the... by Timothy Christian | Feb 16, 2017 | Hemingway's Widow, Lord Beaverbrook, Mary's affairs
Max Aitken was a fabulously successful, Canadian-born, businessman who expanded to London and became a press baron, acquiring the largest English circulation paper in the world, The Daily Express. He became a force in English politics and was appointed a peer of the... by Timothy Christian | Jan 10, 2017 | Hemingway's Widow
Havana is crumbling, chaotic, dynamic, energetic, and boisterous–assaulting every sense. The Hemingway research went very well. We visited his home (estate really) a couple of times and I got a sense of the importance of the Finca (farm) to him. I can see why he... by Timothy Christian | Dec 26, 2016 | Hemingway's Widow
On the wall next to Aline’s bed hangs a framed, hand-drawn cartoon (attached with the photos), on the letterhead of the Hotel Intercontinental, Paris. It consists of four panels and shows a frizzy haired Aline enjoying a night out in Paris with friends. The captions...
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