Title
Pauline Pfeiffer’s Safari Journal and Hemingway’s Composition of "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Posits Pauline’s journal of her and Hemingway’s 1933-1934 safari as source material for his short story, finding numerous links between her entries and Hemingway’s characters and plotline. Ledden pays particular attention to Hemingway’s modifications of Pauline’s descriptions of hunting expeditions for his own storytelling purposes.
Published in
Hemingway Review
Volume
38
Issue
1
Date
Fall 2018
Pages
108-124
COinS
Citation
Ledden, Dennis B. “Pauline Pfeiffer’s Safari Journal and Hemingway’s Composition of ‘The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber.’” Hemingway Review 38, no. 1 (Fall 2018): 108-24.