by Timothy Christian | Apr 7, 2022 | Hemingway's Widow, Mary's Story
Mary described wartime London as “a Garden of Eden” for single women. “There was a serpent hanging from every tree and street lamp, offering tempting gifts and companionship, which could push away loneliness, and warm, if temporary, affections.” Photo from the Ernest...
by Timothy Christian | Apr 4, 2022 | Reviews of Hemingway's Widow
Curtis DeBerg Mary Welsh Hemingway, Ernest’s fourth wife, finally gets her fair due. Hadley Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer and Martha Gellhorn all had their stories told. It’s about time that Mary had hers told, too. After all, she was married to Hemingway for fifteen...
by Timothy Christian | Apr 2, 2022 | Noel Monks
Mary Welsh and her second husband, Noel Monks, photographed in their war correspondents’ uniforms. Noel reported for the British Army, and Mary was the only woman accredited with the Royal Air Force at the beginning of the war. Share this: Click to share on X...
by Timothy Christian | Mar 31, 2022 | Hemingway's Widow, Lord Beaverbrook
The Canadian millionaire and friend of Churchill, Lord Beaverbrook, pursued Mary romantically and gave her a job as a reporter at his London Daily Express, the most widely circulated newspaper in the English language. Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new...
by Timothy Christian | Mar 29, 2022 | Photos of Hemingway’s Widow Book, Reviews of Hemingway's Widow
Thanks to Cam Maraschiello for his creative photo of Hemingway’s Widow with a Gimlet and his review of the book. Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Telegram (Opens in...
by Timothy Christian | Mar 28, 2022 | Mary's Story
Mary Welsh joined the Chicago Daily News, adopted the nom de plume of “Margot, Jr.,” and wrote a daily column reporting on Chicago’s society weddings and dinner parties. Her friend, Sarah Boyden, remembered, “within a few months she knew more...
by Timothy Christian | Mar 24, 2022 | Carl Rollyson, Hemingway's Widow
From A Life in Biography By Carl Rollyson Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp...
by Timothy Christian | Mar 24, 2022 | Mary's childhood
A Saturday morning in May, tra-la A Saturday morning in May No lessons, and birds shouting ”Spring” tra-la The garden and trees tendering, tra-la The sounds of the town far away. The sun has pulled off Earth’s thick blanket of sloth The beasts in the loam Build a...
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...
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