Remarkable hand-annotated manuscript and ALS by Ernest Hemingway, being a corrected draft of Harvey Meyerson's 1959 story about interviewing him at his Ketchum, Idaho home, plus a handwritten letter to Meyerson with related commentary. This would be one of the last interviews ever conducted with Hemingway. Includes:
Hand-corrected typed manuscript, 11 pages, 8.5 x 11, annotated throughout in blue ballpoint by Ernest Hemingway and signed with his initials in the upper right corner of the first page: "Suggest put in a three sentence description of town. E.H." The story covers diverse topics including Hemingway's daily life in Ketchum, hunting, writing projects, Fidel Castro and the Cuban revolution, and more. Hemingway's corrections to the text, rendered in his distinctive cursive hand, range from factual (it was his "left" eye, not right, that was damaged in an accident) to dramatic (in a passage about his 1954 African plane crashes, he makes sure to add that they were "near fatal," noting, "The second plane burned"). He also makes modifications to some direct quotes, changing a description of the young woman who ran the local laundry from "Helluva nice girl" to "She's a very wonderful girl." He also writes his surname on the fifth page, in describing a lady "about ten years younger than Hemingway." In a discussion about hunting partridge with his wife, Hemingway writes ominously: "She shoots them in the head."
ALS, signed "Your friend, Ernest Hemingway," one page, 8.5 x 10.75, Hotel Suecia-Madrid, May 25, 1959, in part: "Thanks for the story and for your letter. Piece came out very good. Mary and I are both proud of you…We will be in Pamplona on July 6 but I don’t know the address yet & will have to stay in a private house probably as the hotels are full. They rent out rooms…you will find one if you get there in time…You'll find us easily at the café. We've been having a fine time and working hard…If you ever need money I can stake you. Have fun and work hard on your French and Spanish." In overall fine condition.
