-
Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Illinois.
-
-
A case of smallpox became the town headline and talk when Ernest Hemingway turned in the story.
-
He was sent to Italy to help out troops on the front lines and also drove ambulances around to transport wounded soldiers from the battlefield. He was wounded later that year while giving food and supplies to the troops when artillery attack hit them and he had shrapnel in his leg from one of the shells.
-
He went on a tour in Italy during WWI as an ambualnce driver to transport wounded troops the frontlines to the hospital.
-
He reutrned home not alone. He met Agnes von Kurowsky the first love of his life while recoverying in the hospital. They planned on getting married within a few months after getting back the states.
-
He married Hadley Richardson.
-
His son Patrick was born in Kansas City, Kansas.
-
He was abord a landing craft duringthe attacks and stayed on board as a medic and helped soldiers after the attacks
-
He won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
-
He was admitted to the clinic for electro shock therapy due to paranoia.
-
