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After the trip was over Michael Palin wrote a book about the journey and his experiences. This book contains both Palin's text and many pictures by Basil Pao, the stills photographer who was on the team.
One hundred years after the birth of Ernest Hemingway, Michael Palin sets out to discover the man behind the legend: a hard-drinking womanizer who liked cats and shooting -- but wrote like a dream and left an idelible impression on the twentieth century through his work.
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Michael Palin starts the book by telling of his own introduction to Hemingway's writing, reading A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Old Man and the Sea when he was only 13. But a fascination with Hemingway's authorship is not necessary to appreciate this trip, as it can be simply considered to be an exciting trip following in ...
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- 1999
Join Michael Palin as he journeys from the forests of North Michigan to the bars of Cuba in a quest to unravel some of the myths of Ernest Hemingway’s life.
Jan 1, 2001 · Michael Palin attempts an homage of the master in a story where Hemingway's presence figures prominently in main character's life. Obsessed with Ernest Hemingway, Martin Sproale sacrifices all to sit in his fishing chair and form himself into an adventure of which the Nobel Laureate would be proud.
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When Michael Palin was researching for his novel HEMINGWAY'S CHAIR his interest was stimulated by Hemingway's appetite for travel and 'Papa's' evocations of the places he knew. Hemingway...
Jul 16, 2001 · Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure. Paperback – July 16, 2001. by Michael Palin (Author), Basil Pao (Photographer) 4.5 167 ratings. See all formats and editions. From Chicago to Key West, Cuba to Kenya, Michael Palin takes us around the world in the footsteps of Ernest Hemingway.
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