Historical documents. What clues can you gather about Ernest Hemingway, the time, place, players, and culture?
New York Times Obituary
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Text of Ernest Hemingway's obituary in the New York Times on July 3, 1961.
Nobel Presentation Speech
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Presentation speech to Hemingway on receipt of 1954 Nobel Prize.
Nobel Acceptance Speech
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Text of Hemingway's Nobel acceptance speech.
"Soldiers Home"
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E-text of the 1925 short story.
"Big Hearted River"
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E-text of the 1925 short story.
"A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"
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E-text of the 1933 short story.
"Monologue to the Maestro: A High Seas Letter"
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E-text of essay first published in Esquire magazine, 1935