Hemingway on Hunting

The companion volume to thebestselling Hemingway on FishingErnest Hemingway's lifelong zeal for the hunting life is reflected in his masterful works of fiction, from his famous account of an African safari in "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" to passages about duck hunting in Across theRiver and Into the Trees.For Hemingway, hunting was more than just a passion; it was a means through which to explore our humanity and man's relationship to nature. Courage, awe, respect, precision, patience -- these were the virtues that Hemingway honored in the hunter, and his ability to translate these qualities into prose has produced some of the strongest accounts of sportsmanship of all time.Hemingway on Huntingoffers the full range of Hemingway's writing about the hunting life. With selections from his best-loved novels and stories, along with journalistic pieces from such magazines asEsquireandVogue,this spectacular collection is a must-have for anyone who has ever tasted the thrill of the hunt -- in person or on the page.

Ernest Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. He is one of the towering authors of the twentieth century. Seán Hemingway is Ernest's grandson, and Patrick Hemingway is Ernest's son. Seán lives in New York City while Patrick makes his home in Bozeman, Montana.