Ernest Hemingway in Kenya, 1953. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons
Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023
New JoCoHistory Blog Entry
Ernest Hemingway’s Kansas City Connections
Ernest Hemingway, known for such literary classics as The Old Man and the Sea, The Sun Also Rises, and A Farewell to Arms, stood out as one of the 20th century’s most prolific authors. He famously spent much of his life traveling, living in places like Paris, Cuba, and the Florida Keys. His time spent in Kansas City, first as a young cub reporter for The Kansas City Star and later in a brief but significant stays in the Johnson County area that remains less widely known. Read the full article on the JoCoHistory Blog.