Hemingway, the Red Cross, and the Great War , livre ebook

240

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English

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2013

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Steven Florczyk

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The Kent State University Press

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240

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2013

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Publié par

The Kent State University Press

Date de parution

15 novembre 2013

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9781612776958

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

59 Mo

Ernest Hemingway's initiation into war Ernest Hemingway's enlistment with the American Red Cross during World War I was one of the most formative experiences of his life, and it provided much of the source material for A Farewell to Arms and his writings about Italy and the Great War. As significant as it was, Hemingway's service has never been sufficiently understood. By looking at previously unexamined documents, including the letters and diary of Hemingway's commanding officer, Robert W. Bates, official reports of the ambulance and canteen services, and section newspapers published by volunteers, author Steven Florczyk provides crucial insights into Hemingway's service.The book opens by sharing tales of the volunteer ambulance units from the Western Front, which also led to the involvement of the American Red Cross in Italy. This was where Hemingway came to know many of the experienced drivers from France. In the spring of 1918 the young writer enlisted, serving first with an ambulance unit in Schio and then as a canteen worker at the Piave River until he was wounded. After the war when the volunteer outfits disbanded, Hemingway returned home where he took up his plan to earn a living as a writer.Hemingway's Red Cross experience was a major influence on his development as a writer and a thinker. Through the power of words, Hemingway's journalism, short stories, and novels exposed the falsehoods of World War I propaganda. His involvement with the Red Cross led to some of the finest American literature on the Great War.

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Publié par

The Kent State University Press

Date de parution

15 novembre 2013

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9781612776958

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

59 Mo

Europe

Map of the Italian theater of war, 1918.

This and facing page: Excerpt from a diary entry by Robert W. Bates, August 22, 1918 (Robert W. Bates Papers).

Drivers of Red Cross Section One in Milan, December 1917 (Library of Congress).

American Red Cross ofﬁcers in Bassano del Grappa. From left to right: Captain George Utassy, Quartermaster General; Major Guy Lowell, Director of the De-partment of Military Affairs; Colonel Robert Perkins, Commissioner; and Captain Robert Bates, Director of Ambulance and Rolling Kitchen Services (Robert W. Bates Papers).

Front page of Section One newspaperAvanti,January 1, 1918 (Robert W. Bates Papers).

Front page of Section One newspaperCome Stà,March 10, 1918 (Robert W. Bates Papers).

Presentation of Section Four to the Italian government in Milan, April 4, 1918 (Robert W. Bates Papers).

Red Cross parade, New York City, May 18, 1918 (Library of Congress).

Front page of Section Four newspaper,Ciao,May 1918 (Robert W. Bates Papers).

Ernest Hemingway (second from left) and other war personnel during a lifeboat drill aboard theChicago,May 1918. (Ernest Hemingway Collection, John F. Ken-nedy Library).

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