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Hemingway's Boat

Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934–1961
by Paul Hendrickson
Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934–1961. Knopf. Sept. 2011. 560p. ISBN 9781400041626. $30; eISBN 9780307700537.
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OrangeReviewStarFifty years after Ernest Hemingway's death, Hendrickson profiles the great writer from the height of his career onward by focusing on his constant return for fun and solace to his beloved boat, Pilar. Sounds a bit offbeat, but Hendrickson has the credentials to pull it off; his Sons of Mississippi, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award, made good history out of a single photograph of seven segregation-era sheriffs with a billy club. With a five-city tour.
Fifty years after Ernest Hemingway's death, Hendrickson profiles the great writer from the height of his career onward by focusing on his constant return for fun and solace to his beloved boat, Pilar. Sounds a bit offbeat, but Hendrickson has the credentials to pull it off; his Sons of Mississippi, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award, made good history out of a single photograph of seven segregation-era sheriffs with a billy club. With a five-city tour.
Reviewed by Barbara Hoffert , Apr 01, 2011
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