Hemingway's Paris and Pamplona, Then, and Now

About the Book

Robert F. Burgess, who met Ernest Hemingway at his last Pamplona fiesta, describes that meeting and how close friends related to Hemingway there. Through recently published letters and memoirs we learn new facts about Hemingway’s early years in Paris and Pamplona with an intimate look at the real life characters of The Sun Also Rises. Then the author returns to Hemingway’s favorite haunts in Paris and Spain today in search of Papa’s literary legacy. Following descriptions in The Sun Also Rises, he buses and backpacks into the Spanish Pyrenees, where he uncovers evidence that the Nobel Prize winning Hemingway wrote more fact than fiction into his novels. These facts and those individuals who are carrying on his legacy reveal why Hemingway will always be with us.

About the Author

Robert F. Burgess has spent most of his life writing about adventure above or below the sea. His books about shipwrecks, sharks, treasure diving, and underwater archaeology are acclaimed for the author's ability to put the reader in the midst of the action. An ardent sailor and scuba diver, he and his wife live in north Florida.