Big Two-Hearted River (Parts I and II) Resources
Websites
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library houses the Ernest Hemingway Collection, which has many of his papers, manuscripts, and photographs. (Source)
The Hemingway’s vacation cottage in Michigan is still there. You can visit and imagine little Ernest running around like this. We just hope he has the safety on.
The Michigan Hemingway Society compiled a list of Michigan landmarks that appear in Hemingway stories. Many of them are from In Our Time or are Nick Adams stories. Can you say road trip?
Movie or TV Productions
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man is a cheesy production from 1962 with a star-studded cast that would make your grandma swoon. Oh and it amalgamates some of the Nick Adams stories.
Objectively the best documentary about Hemingway ever made.
Articles and Interviews
A must-read for aspiring writers; Hemingway basically tells you how to be awesome at it.
It’s a concept that Hemingway is famous for. Read about it here.
A great thought-provoking article on why the Nick Adams stories shouldn’t be read as part of a series.
Video
In Woody Allen’s film a writer gets transported back to the 1930s every night in Paris. Here’s him meeting a very manly Hemingway for the first time.
Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen talk about their roles as Martha Gellhorn (who was a war correspondent and journalist) and Ernest Hemingway in this HBO film from 2012.
Audio
This was TV for your grandparents. Think about that.
Including his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, “Harry’s Bar in Venice,” an untitled piece, and actor Charlton Heston reading “The Snows of Kilimanjaro.”
Images
Hemingway drove Red Cross ambulances in Italy during World War I.
Clearly one good trout is not enough.