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Hemingway, Ernest / Inge Schoenthal : I Was Guest Of Ernest Hemingway in Picture Post Magazine

Hulton Press, Ltd., London, 1954

Folio. Entire issue, February 6, 1954, in original colorful, pictorial wraps, light general wear-only, overall very clean and bright. Article is three pages, illustrated with 5 photographs, including one of the author and Hemingway holding a swordfish. From the opening paragraph, "Of course I wanted to meet Hemingway. But everybody in Cuba wanted to see Hemingway, who had become a sort of three-star attraction for tourists, and was consequently more than shy. My chances looked very slim indeed. I telephoned the Hemingway home from Havana and, as I might have expected, the great man was not there, but his wife was very nice. 'He will ring you,' she said. A full week passed and nothing happened. I was quite busy, though. I witnessed a sort of Revolution. But everybody thought it was a very poor one. I saw a lot of gay negro carnival, and met the President of Cuba and his charming wife. But all the time I was still hoping. The morning of the ninth day the clerk of my hotel came rushing up, quite excited, and shouted: 'Our Hemingway is on the phone!'" Very scarce, and absent from most Hemingway collections as Picture Post magazine was specific to Great Britain.. Magazine. Book Condition: VG. Binding: Soft cover

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