Title
Signals from the Field: Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, and the War Correspondents
Document Type
Essay
Annotation
Brief literary biography of Hemingway’s experiences as a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War and World War II, and the works inspired by them (e.g., For Whom the Bell Tolls and Across the River and into the Trees). Covers the positive critical reception of For Whom the Bell Tolls as well as the box office success of its film adaptation, the author’s tumultuous third marriage to Martha Gellhorn, final marriage to Mary Welsh, and time in Cuba spent writing, fishing, and chasing German U-boats aboard his fishing boat, the Pilar.
Published in
From Native Son to King’s Men: The Literary Landscape of 1940s America
Date
2018
Pages
1-24
COinS
Citation
McParland, Robert. “Signals from the Field: Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, and the War Correspondents.” In From Native Son to King’s Men: The Literary Landscape of 1940s America, 1-24. Lanham, MA: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018.