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Born
Ernest Hemingway was born in Illinois. -
Journalist
Hemingway moved to missouri at the age of 18 to write for the Kansas City Star. -
Ambulance Driver
Hemingway was rejected for the army and became an ambulance driver for the Red Cross. -
Wounded
Hemingway was wounded in an attack by the Austrians during WWI. -
New Life In Europe
Hemingway moved to Paris with his new wife Hadley Richardson.
"If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast." -
Father For the First Time
Heminways first son John "Jack" is born. -
Published Author
Hemingway's first novel, The Sun Also Rises, is published. -
Divorced......and newly married
Hemingway went through his first divorce, with Hadley Richardson, and married his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer. Pauline had lived with Hemingway for sometime before they admitted their affair and Hemingway divorced Hadley. -
A Father Yet Again
Hemingway's second son, Patrick, is born. -
Another Book
Hemingway publishes another book, Farewell To Arms.
"All my life I've left at words as though I were seeing them for the first time" -
Final chance at being a father
Ernest's third (and final) son, Gregory, is born -
Africa
Hemingway and his wife go on a 10-week African Safari -
Divorce....and Marriage.....again
Hemingway and Pauline parted ways and he married Martha Glenn. Five years later they were divorced -
Remarriage
Hemingway gets married to his fourth wife, Mary Welsh. -
A tragic Death
Hemingway commits suicide because of depression, alcoholism, and multiple physical ailments.
"Everyman's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another."
