Earnest Hemmingway's Westley Richards .577 nitro express

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Pappa's elephant gun. Would like to see the usual ballistic gel test on this rifle, I mean if they had to do something visual in the first place.


 
medvedqc said:
you re not alone and not only for his hunting adventures.
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From "Islands in the Stream" when the grieving father is hunting the German U-Boat crew.

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Not to forget Hem's book length memoir "The Green Hills Of Africa" (I have a first edition, first printing!- but it's unfortunately battered*) and his short stories "The Short Happy Life Of Francis Macomber" and "The Snows Of Kilimanjaro." And there's a collection of his related works titled "Hemmingway On Hunting."

Edit: I guess I should also say "affordably battered." :) Also, I've long intended to get a sort of memoir sort of by his brother via his brother's daughter titled "Hunting With Hemmingway."
 
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Big Bad said:
Not to forget Hem's book length memoir "The Green Hills Of Africa" (I have a first edition, first printing!- but it's unfortunately battered*) and his short stories "The Short Happy Life Of Francis Macomber" and "The Snows Of Kilimanjaro." And there's a collection of his related works titled "Hemmingway On Hunting."

Edit: I guess I should also say "affordably battered." :) Also, I've long intended to get a sort of memoir sort of by his brother via his brother's daughter titled "Hunting With Hemmingway."
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There are many copies of Hunting with Hemingway on bookfinder.com. I just ordered one after reading your post. I had never heard of this book before and I am looking forward to reading it.
 
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Big Bad said:
Has the Tommy gun, I assume this photo is from his real-life U Boat hunting period out in the Gulf Stream in his boat Pilar (as fictionalized in the above-quoted Islands In The Stream).

And trying to find a usable quote from that instantly brought up another book I now have to get, dammit. "The Hemingway Patrols: Ernest Hemingway and His Hunt for U-Boats" https://www.amazon.com/Hemingway-Patrols-Ernest-Hunt-U-Boats/dp/1416597875
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He is said to have used his Thompson for killing the sharks he caught. The photo is post WW2 and he is on his boat the Pilar in Cuba.

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GUB said:
Yeah.. But.. but. but.. Only if Hemingway had a .375 Ruger:stirthepot2:
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d:h:
If you meet an *sshole in the morning, you met an *sshole. If you meet them all day long, you're the *sshole.
Entertain us...go to CGN poll section and get the 'New King' put to the test. Other than that, maybe take it on down the road...we are talking literature and history. The grade school " My dad can beat up your dad !" attitude about the ' New King ' is quite juvenile IMO.
Back to the topic at hand.
The Short Happy Life of Francis M is one of my favorites. But even though I love Papa's work, it shows a picture of the past...not always a good one though. A tad racist and misogynistic old Papa was...as was my father. A product of their times, but while the Snowflakes seem to abound these days...Papa's generation...their time has long gone.
Rose Colored Glasses are needed to really enjoy his work.
Any who argue need to really read all of his works.
 
tokguy said:
d:h:
If you meet an *sshole in the morning, you met an *sshole. If you meet them all day long, you're the *sshole.
Entertain us...go to CGN poll section and get the 'New King' put to the test. Other than that, maybe take it on down the road...we are talking literature and history. The grade school " My dad can beat up your dad !" attitude about the ' New King ' is quite juvenile IMO.
Back to the topic at hand.
The Short Happy Life of Francis M is one of my favorites. But even though I love Papa's work, it shows a picture of the past...not always a good one though. A tad racist and misogynistic old Papa was...as was my father. A product of their times, but while the Snowflakes seem to abound these days...Papa's generation...their time has long gone.
Rose Colored Glasses are needed to really enjoy his work.
Any who argue need to really read all of his works.
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WOW.. Time for a chill pill guy..
Title of this thread is .577 Nitro Express..
Start another thread about literature if you want.
You got triggered like a liberal..
 
Funny, the title reads Ernest Hemmingway's Westley Richards 577Nitro Express and it seems folks are discussing him, his guns, literature and deeds.
But I might be seeing only what I what to...my bad.
Mod's... move it to off topics?
 
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