Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir (Signed and with an autographed letter signed. Handsome copy.)

Hotchner, A.E.

Published by Random House, New York, 1966

About this Item

Handsomely bound in 3/4 black linen cloth spine stamped brightly in gold and tan cloth boards. Very clean and tight, virtually unread. With "March 21, 1966" on the front endpaper and Signed by A.E. Hotchner on the half-title page. Laid in is a letter in its original envelope, carelessly opened, dated 1972, on Hotchner's personal stationery which reads: " Dear Mr. Robuck--May you win out in your fight! The important thing is not to despair. The Lord's ways are mysterious indeed. Sincerely, A E Hotchner." In a splendid dust jacket with the price of $5.95 at the top of the inside front flap. And with a photo of a bearded Hemingway on the front panel; a photo of AE. Hotchner & Hemingway standing in front of trees graces the rear panel. Hotchner has been an editor, biographer, novelist and playwright. In 1948, he metErnest Hemingway, and the two were close friends until Hemingway's death in 1961. Hotchner wrotePapa Hemingway, his 1966 biography of Hemingway, whose work he had also adapted for plays and television. He wrote many teleplays in the 1950s and 1960s, including adaptations of Hemingway sThe Snows of Kilimanjaro,The Killers, andThe Fifth Column.The 1993 film,King of the Hill, directed bySteven Soderbergh, is a screen adaptation of Hotchner's 1973 autobiographical novel of the same name. ADepression-era,bildungsromanmemoir, it tells the story of a boy struggling to survive on his own in a hotel inSt. Louisafter his mother is committed to asanatoriumwithtuberculosisand his younger brother is sent to live with an uncle. His father, a German immigrant andtraveling salesmanworking for theHamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.Hotchner s play,The White House, starred Helen Hayes on Broadway and was staged at the White House in 1996. In 1993,Welcome to the Club, a musical comedy written with composer Cy Coleman, appeared Broadway. In addition, Hotchner wroteA Short Happy Life,The Hemingway Hero,Exactly Like You(written with Coleman), andThe World of Nick Adams.Hotchner's playSweet Princewas produced off-Broadway in 1982, at the Theater Off-Park, starringKeir DulleaandIan Abercrombie. (Wikipedia) First Edition with "First Printing" on the copyright page. 1st Edition. With stated "First Printing" on the copyright page.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir (Signed and with an autographed letter signed. Handsome copy.)
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 1966
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Memoirs