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Patrick Hemingway: The Legacy of Ernest Hemingway

December 3, 2006

Patrick Hemingway son of Ernest Hemingway

Stanley Katz president emeritus, US Council of Learned Societies

Patrick Hemingway, the son of Ernest Hemingway, discusses his father's writing and legacy with Stanley Katz. The Kennedy Library is the major repository of Ernest Hemingway's papers.

Topics: Culture & Identity | Literature & Philosophy | People & Places

Tags: american literature | Authors | Biographies | Ernest Hemingway | fiction | friends of hemingway collection | Libraries & Museums | Patrick Hemingway | Writing Process

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