True at First Light: A Fictional MemoirBoth a revealing self-portrait and dramatic fictional chronicle of his final African safari, Ernest Hemingway's last unpublished work was written when he returned from Kenya in 1953. Edited by his son Patrick, who accompanied his father on the safari, True at First Light offers rare insights into the legendary American writer. A blend of autobiography and fiction, the book opens on the day his close friend Pop, a celebrated hunter, leaves Ernest in charge of the safari camp and news arrives of a potential attack from a hostile tribe. Drama continues to build as his wife, Mary, pursues the great black-maned lion that has become her obsession, and Ernest becomes involved with a young African girl whom he supposedly plans to take as a second bride. Increasingly enchanted by the local African community, he struggles between the attraction of these two women and the wildly different cultures they represent. Spicing his depictions of human longings with sharp humor, Hemingway captures the excitement of big-game hunting and the unparalleled beauty of the landscape. Rich in laughter, beauty, and profound insight. True at First Light is an extraordinary publishing event—a breathtaking final work from one of our most beloved and important writers. |
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... kill people under the right conditions. Almost every agricultural worker had one. I am not an anthropolo- gist and ... killed and maimed by this bit of applied anthropology were not the European immigrant farming families it was designed ...
... kill people under the right conditions. Almost every agricultural worker had one. I am not an anthropolo- gist and ... killed and maimed by this bit of applied anthropology were not the European immigrant farming families it was designed ...
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... killing both Mary and himself , when he started to write again with his African manuscript in the mid - fifties , at least a year after the events that inspired this return to creative work . He may have had Ellison in mind in his ...
... killing both Mary and himself , when he started to write again with his African manuscript in the mid - fifties , at least a year after the events that inspired this return to creative work . He may have had Ellison in mind in his ...
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... killed off indiscriminately. There were men who did this and enjoyed it. They killed old bulls, young bulls, cows and calves and many liked their work. There had to be some sort of elephant control. But seeing this damage to the forest ...
... killed off indiscriminately. There were men who did this and enjoyed it. They killed old bulls, young bulls, cows and calves and many liked their work. There had to be some sort of elephant control. But seeing this damage to the forest ...
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... kill the rhino . But I would have to if he or she charged and there was no way out . I planned to shoot the first barrel into the ground to turn the rhino . If it did not turn I would kill it with the second barrel . Thank you very much ...
... kill the rhino . But I would have to if he or she charged and there was no way out . I planned to shoot the first barrel into the ground to turn the rhino . If it did not turn I would kill it with the second barrel . Thank you very much ...
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... kill her . And I was worried about you . " " Everybody so serious , " she said . " And everybody holding on to my arm . I knew how to get back to the car . Nobody had to hold on to my arm . ” “ Honey , ” I said , " they were only ...
... kill her . And I was worried about you . " " Everybody so serious , " she said . " And everybody holding on to my arm . I knew how to get back to the car . Nobody had to hold on to my arm . ” “ Honey , ” I said , " they were only ...
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