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Illustrated By L. J. Bridgman, L. C. McClure And Anita Pettibone. ... Read more

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Well-written life of explorer Ernest Giles
This short work by accomplished historian Geoffrey Dutton, which fell apart in my hands as I was reading it (as Seal paperbacks of this age are wont to do!), provides an entertaining account of the unusual life of explorer Ernest Giles. There are several aspects of Giles' life and explorations that make him an interesting character to study, particularly the combination of his poetic nature and sturdy constitution. The former allowed him to pause and reflect on the hardships he experienced in Australia's harsh interior, and at the same time appreciate something of the extraordinary savage beauty of the McDonnell Ranges and other landscapes with which he became all too familiar, and the second allowed him to survive and bring the majority of his expedition members and animals through safely as well. That he led five such major expeditions into central and western Australia is a tribute to his stamina and perseverance. As Dutton notes, it is extraordinary to think that, after narrowly escaping with his life in that waterless place, he could think of returning straight back into the same desert region, as he did on more than one occasion.

Although he failed to understand the aboriginal populations through which he passed, and at times was at loggerheads with them in a way which was to become all too common later as the desert areas were opened up by pastoralists and miners, his many qualities make him a fine man and pre-eminent explorer in other ways, and Dutton pays fitting tribute to a personage who was, no doubt, the last real explorer on the Australian scene. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Hemingway Review, published by Ernest Hemingway Foundation on March 22, 2000. The length of the article is 6303 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: ECHOES OF CLOSETED DESIRE(S): THE NARRATOR AND CHARACTER VOICES OF JAKE BARNES.
Author: J.f. Buckley
Publication: The Hemingway Review (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2000
Publisher: Ernest Hemingway Foundation
Volume: 19Issue: 2Page: 73

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Now hailed as a classic, Carlos Baker's bestselling biography of Hemingway brings into sharp focus one of the titans of 20th-century American literature, a writer whose life itself was the stuff of legend. 11 cassettes. ... Read more

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PROBABLY THE BEST OF THE HEMINGWAY BIOGRAPHIES
I have read most of the major biographies concerning Hemingway..(I am more fastinated with Hemingway the man than his actual work, I have to admit).This is by far the best.Well written, well researched.I must admit to be a Baker fan, so perhaps my view my be slanted here.I do recommend the books reading, and do recommend you add this one to your collection.

Ultimate biography of Hemingway
Thoroughly traces Hemingway's whole life from birth to shotgun finale.Splendidly done by Baker.I am in agreement with the previous reviewer; this bio is up there with Manchester's bio of Winston Churchill.

A Superb Biography
Carlos Baker's biography of Hemingway reveals the life of Hemingway to be far more interesting and compelling than anything Hemingway wrote. Baker shows himself to have literary talent equal to that of his subject, and has written a thorough and thoroughly readable biography of Hemingway. Anyone who has enjoyed William Manchester's biography of Winston Churchill will be equally entertained and informed ... Read more

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This small volume was written as a refutation of the Bishop of Birmingham's claims attacking the traditional views about the life of Christ and the beginnings of the Christian Church. ... Read more