This is a compilation of personal photographs, historical images, and written excerpts illuminating Ernest Hemingway's significant ties to northern Michigan. In the early 1900s, the Little Traverse Bay area in northern Michigan was transitioning from a sparsely populated lumber region to a hotspot for tourists. Looking to enhance dwindling freight business, the region's railroad and steamship companies mounted elaborate and effective marketing campaigns to lure tourists from as far away as St. Louis, Kansas City, and ...
Read More
This is a compilation of personal photographs, historical images, and written excerpts illuminating Ernest Hemingway's significant ties to northern Michigan. In the early 1900s, the Little Traverse Bay area in northern Michigan was transitioning from a sparsely populated lumber region to a hotspot for tourists. Looking to enhance dwindling freight business, the region's railroad and steamship companies mounted elaborate and effective marketing campaigns to lure tourists from as far away as St. Louis, Kansas City, and Louisville to experience the area's pristine natural beauty and abundant leisure activities. Ernest Hemingway's family was among those who vacationed 'up north' in this era; his parents built a cottage on Walloon Lake near Petoskey to summer away from their home near Chicago. In "Picturing Hemingway's Michigan", author Michael R. Federspiel introduces readers to the Hemingway family, who were typical of many that vacationed in the area. He also paints a picture of life in northern Michigan between 1900 and 1920 and traces the many connections between the area and Hemingway's body of work. In chapters that incorporate candid family photographs from the Hemingway's own collection, historical images of the region, and archival excerpts from Hemingway's letters, journals, and stories, Federspiel shows that the region left an indelible mark on the young writer. To reveal the connections between northern Michigan and Hemingway's fiction, Federspiel examines not only Hemingway's famous Nick Adams stories, which were set in the area, but also later works like "A Moveable Feast". With more than 250 images, "Picturing Hemingway's Michigan" leads readers on a tour of the people, places, and activities that deeply influenced one of America's most famous authors during his twenty-two summers in northern Michigan. Anyone interested in Michigan history, the life of Ernest Hemingway, or the culture of the early twentieth century will enjoy this beautiful volume.
Read Less
Add this copy of Picturing Hemingway's Michigan to cart. $29.95, very good condition, Sold by Peninsula Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Traverse City, MI, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Painted Turtle Books.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Near Fine. 0814334474. The author, President of the Michighan Hemingway Society, recaptures Hemingway's youth in the Little Traverse Bay region of Michigan's northern lower peninsula. More than just a book about Hemingway, the author recaptures the life and spirit of northern Michigan in a time long past--transportation, people, places, lifestyles and more. This is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings, no previous owner names, and nobookplates. There is a pictorial paste-down photograph on the front cover and another paste-down on the rear cover over the original brown cloth publisher's covers, with brown spine and cover lettering. This is a very pretty book! (10.75 x 0.75 x 9 inches); B&W Photographs, Illustrations; Oblong 4to 11"-13" tall; 200 pages.
Add this copy of Picturing Hemingway's Michigan (Painted Turtle Press) to cart. $50.91, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Wayne State University Press.
Add this copy of Picturing Hemingway's Michigan (Painted Turtle) to cart. $65.89, new condition, Sold by Book Forest rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Rafael, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Wayne State University Press.
Add this copy of Picturing Hemingway's Michigan to cart. $95.00, like new condition, Sold by bibliophonics rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rapid River, MI, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by A Painted Turtle Book.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
Fine. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" Tall. Signed by Author First printing; full number-line at copyright. Signed by author at title page. Extra-wide 9 1/4" x 11" design. Fine beige full-cloth boards, black impressed cover and spine titles, inset photo plate of Hemingway, and inset plate of details at back board, lt. shelf wear. Heavy stock coated pages, fine. Lt. blue endpapers. Bind fine; hinges intact. Includes detailed index. In the early 1900s, the Little Traverse Bay area in northern lower Michigan was transitioning from a sparsely populated lumber region to a hotspot for tourists. Looking to enhance dwindling freight business, the region's railroad and steamship companies mounted elaborate and effective marketing campaigns to lure tourists from as far away as St. Louis, Kansas City, and Louisville to experience the area's pristine beauty and abundant leisure activities. Ernest Hemingway's family was among those who vacationed "up north" in this era; his parents built a cottage on Walloon Lake near Petoskey to summer away from their home near Chicago. In Picturing Hemingway's Michigan, author Michael R. Federspiel introduces readers to the Hemingway family, who were typical of many that vacationed in the area. He also paints a picture of life in northern Michigan between 1900 and 1920 and traces the many connections between the area and Hemingway's body of work. In chapters that incorporate candid family photographs from the Hemingways' own collection, historical images of the region, and archival excerpts from his letters, journals, and stories, Federspiel shows that the region left an indelible mark on the young writer. To reveal the connections between northern Michigan and Hemingway's fiction, Federspiel examines not only Hemingway's famous Nick Adams stories, which were set in the area, but also later works like A Moveable Feast. With more than 250 images, Picturing Hemingway's Michigan leads readers on a tour of the people, places, and activities that deeply influenced one of America's most famous authors during his twenty-two summers in northern Michigan. Anyone interested in Michigan history, the life of Ernest Hemingway, or the culture of the early twentieth century will enjoy this beautiful volume. 200 pages. Insured post.
