Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure is a four-part BBC documentary series presented by Michael Palin, following in Hemingway's footsteps across the globe to celebrate one hundred years after the birth of Ernest Hemingway. The series records Palin's travels as he visited many sites where Ernest Hemingway had been. The sites include Spain, Chicago, Paris, Italy, Africa, Key West, Cuba, and Idaho. And also it reveals the man behind the legend: a hard-drinking, controversial figure who wrote like a dream.
| Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure, Episode 1 |
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure, Episode 1
Michael Palin follows Ernest Hemingway's footsteps across Europe, Africa and America. He starts in Spain for Pamplona's bull run, Valencia's bullfighting and a Kenyan safari.
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure, Episode 2
Michael Palin visits America, Italy and France whilst tracing Hemingway's footsteps, including Hemingway's birthplace, Oak Park in Chicago, and the Italian front where Hemingway was shot and wounded.
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure, Episode 3
After visiting Key West, USA to celebrate Hemingway's 100th birthday, Michael Palin goes to Uganda and looks at the site where Hemingway's plane crashed. And then he flies on to Venice, Italy.
Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure, Episode 4
Michael Palin goes to Cuba where he finds many Hemingway leads and visits his former home and a hotel room he often stayed in.
| Related Links |
| Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure - wikipedia Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure is a 1999 BBC television documentary presented by Michael Palin. It records Palin's travels as he visited many sites where Ernest Hemingway had been. |
| Ernest Hemingway - wikipedia Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899 - 1961) was an American author and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. |
| Ernest Hemingway: Wrestling with Life Biography Documentary hosted by Mariel Hemingway. Ernest Hemingway's novels rank among the most influential and celebrated in history, while his life remains an obscure image shrouded in myth. |
| Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner This course examines major works by Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner, exploring their interconnections on three analytic scales. |
| e-Books |
| A Farewell to Arms This is a collection of eBooks and films about the novel A Farewell to Arms written by Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1929. |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro This is a collection of eBooks and films about the short story The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway, first published in 1936. |