Ernest Hemingway’s Grandsons Continue Their Granddad’s Disgusting Legacy

Townhall.com ^ | September 27, 2014 | Humberto Fontova

[skeeter]

More likely his final image was his own limp member. My understanding is he killed himself because he had gone impotent.

[Kaslin]

According to this he killed himself accidentally while cleaning his gun

Hemingway Dead of Shotgun Wound; Wife Says He Was Cleaning Weapon

[tumblindice]

He tried to emulate American writer Frank Norris. Norris wrote rings around Hemingway, and he wasn't on anyone's payroll but his publishers. “I never truckled. I never took off the hat to Fashion and held it out for pennies. I told them the truth. They liked it or they didn't like it. What had that to do with me? I told them the truth.” ― Frank Norris, McTeague

[onedoug]

McTeague bump....

[Lisbon1940]

How did Hugh Romney get in this article? And why was his pseudonym hyphenated?

[oh8eleven]

Ernest Hemingway is the most overrated author in the history of the world.
From my own perspective I have to agree - and Tom Clancy is a close second.
I've always been a voracious reader, but could never get through anything Hemingway wrote.
I also read the first 2 or 3 Clancy novels, enjoyed them, but that was it. Successive books all seemed to be the same.
Given both authors' popularity, I had to believe it was me, not them.

[tumblindice]

If I can comment, whenever I feel miserly I think of Norris’ McTeague and try to be a little less so.

[Savage Beast]

I really struggled to get through Hemingway's writings. All I found was inanity.

I like Dorothy Parker's sage observation of Hemingway: "Deep down he's shallow."

[bubman]

Interesting read. I know his grandson John and whether they are "goldiggers" or not I cannot say. They are concerned with the legacy of their Grandfathers' name and I believe this is a way to control and take ownership of that. I find the article too strong and somewhat contrived. Whether Earnest was smitten with revolutionary zeal is debatable, I believe the answer lies with the relations he had with his counterparts pre and post civil war Spain. His complete break with John Dos Passos over the Robles murder is captured very well in this New Yorker article. I believe Earnest Hemingway was duped by the republicans during the spanish civil war and was used as a "useful idiot" by communist propaganda. The Robles murder with the archives opening up in Moscow after the fall of communism shed light to the argument that Earnest was a dupe and was used to put forth propaganda for communist efforts in Spain. This premise was enforced with conversations Dos Passos had with George Orwell in Barcelona.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/10/31/the-spanish-prisoner

[Bringbackthedraft]

According to this he killed himself accidentally while cleaning his gun. ....................................LIFE INSURANCE policy w/ suicide exclusion???

[Fantasywriter]

‘So he was not only an awful writer and a slobbering drunk, but a sadist, too.’

+1

[Fantasywriter]

‘Ernest Hemingway is the most overrated author in the history of the world.’

+1

[tumblindice]

There have been a lot of fatal accidents in that clan: five accidental suicides in the Hemingway family over four generations ...
Last night, as I was struggling with another migraine for hours ... you know, you can’t help but ponder such terrible things.

[bubman]

No not really, John Hemingway’s politics are quite Libertarian in many ways. Somewhat of a peak oil freak and 911 truther if you ask me. No more than half of americans!

[Kaslin]

Huh? WTF are you talking about noobie?

[Fantasywriter]

‘I like Dorothy Parker’s sage observation of Hemingway: “Deep down he’s shallow.”’

+1

[Kaslin]

I don’t remember if I read any of his books, I did see some movies of some of his books though

[Fiji Hill]

Michael Savage idolizes Hemingway.

That figures. He also idolizes Jerry Brown.

[Celtic Conservative]

I never “got” Hemingways works. I was forced to read him in high school lit. I’m a voracious reader (worn out 2 kindles, on my third) and It just never connected. I could usually get somehing out of a particular writer even if I didn’t like them. Maybe a plot twist, or a turn of phrase. Hemingway- Bupkis.

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[miss marmelstein]

He was also seriously mentally ill. It really runs in that family - from his father to his grandchildren.