Ernest Hemingway - The Early Years | Biographical Documentary

Ernest Hemingway is almost as famous for his lifestyle as his writing. Mixing with a wealthy and glamorous set, he indulged his passions for hunting and fishing and was always throwing himself into something new.
He didn’t have an easy start in life with an overbearing father and distinctly odd mother and a heavy genetic loading for mental instability.
But he redefined the boundaries of fiction with his unique writing style and
challenging themes. From the cafes of Paris to the savannas of Africa, the life he lived was like the characters he created: full throttle, flawed, but always fascinating.
Part One of this biographical documentary explores the life of Ernest Hemingway, to uncover the man behind the myths - his bravery and vulnerability, his bullishness and sensitivity, his determination to be in control of his destiny and avoid the fate of his father…and his sad final year.
Finding Out More:
There are many biographies of Hemingway: the monumental five volume work by Michael Reynolds is the most detailed, but The Hemingway Women focusses on his relationships and A E Hotchner’s Papa Hemingway is a more personal memoir. I have added these to my Amazon store page:
www.amazon.com/shop/professor...
Academic References:
Dieguez, S. (2010). ‘A Man Can Be Destroyed but Not Defeated': Ernest Hemingway's Near-Death Experience and Declining Health. In Neurological Disorders in Famous Artists-Part 3 (Vol. 27, pp. 174-206). Karger Publishers.
Martin, C. D. (2006). Ernest Hemingway: a psychological autopsy. Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 69(4), 351-361.
Yalom, I. D., and Yalom, M. (1971). Ernest Hemingway-a psychiatric view. Archives
of General Psychiatry, 24(6), 485-494.
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Village Drums of Freedom - Black Africa (djembe mix) from Historic Travel: cultural
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Isaac Albeniz - Tango Op.165 Nº2 - David Hernando Vitores - Kayoko Morimoto (Wasei Duo) CC4.0
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Kevin MacLeod Mourning Song CC3.0
City Walk John Pattucci CC0 KZbin
Bach - Cello Suite no. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 - I. Prélude Pablo Casals Public domain
On the Rocks Track Tribe CCO
Francisco Tarrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra Carlo Alberto Boni CC3.0
Calm Cam Track Tribe CC0
Wish you’d never left Track Tribe CC0
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Kevin MacLeod: Winter Reflections. CC3.0
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Blue Mood Robert Munzinger CC0
Gridlock John Pattucci CC0
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Claude-Paul Taffanel: Wind Quintet in G minor - Andante. The Soni Ventorum Wind
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Claude-Paul Taffanel: Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino. Alex Murray (flute) and
Martha Goldstein (piano) CC2.0
Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32 - Mars, the bringer of war. Skidmore College
Orchestra. Musopen. CC0
Gabriel Faure Flute Fantasie. Alex Murray (flute) and Martha Goldstein (piano)
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Reed Mathis Moonrise
Video produced by Tom and Graeme Yorston

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Narrator has a fabulous voice, so easy to listen and absorb, a rare tone.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thank you.

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GREAT VOICE !!!! So many videos ruined by terrible voices doing the reading !!!! 😫😖😖

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I agree, what a pleasure for the ears. Great material, presentation style and visuals. Thank you!

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@@professorgraemeyorston I like the pacing - just right, not too fast. The narratives are well-focused/constructed with care.

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This guy is a top notch narrator.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thank you.

[@lorendebond6321]

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[@marquiesriley6479]

The story of hemmingway is so steeped in intrigue and mystery…..like u said at the end, his life’s story is almost to extraordinary to be believed…cant wait to see part two….

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thanks, should be out next Friday!

[@dusanlonco4448]

Fantastic ! Just fantastic ! Wonderful job Professor.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thanks for watching.

[@janegardener1662]

Your lectures are always a pleasure to listen to! Thanks for all your hard work putting these together, it is much appreciated.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

You're very welcome!

[@TuckerSP2011]

Fascinating biography of Hemingway! Looking forward to Part 2.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Coming soon!

[@uratrick]

Once again Doctor thank you so much,what a beautiful piece of work. Factual and of course the English language spoken so well.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

You are very welcome.

[@EndingSimple]

Thank you for clarifying the business about his mother dressing him up as girl when he was an infant. I know from other biographies that that was pretty common back then. You have made clear that his real damages came from his genetics and the wear and tear his adventurous life gave him.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

I think the whole dressing him up in dresses issue is overplayed.

[@genxx2724]

My grandfather was of the same generation. Born in Mexico, raised in Texas. He was dressed in gowns, with long hair in pigtails, and wearing a beaded necklace. I think back then a baby was a baby. I think it’s unfortunate that these days everything in the baby stores is either pink or blue, and people are eager to dress baby boys in jeans and cut their hair. They have their entire lives to have short hair and demonstrate their masculinity. I like the baby stage, and waiting to cut their hair until they’re a couple of years old.

[@mhd5826]

My brothers were born in the 50s in England and even then it was the usual thing to dress female AND male babies in gowns. We have family photos of each of the boys in frilly gowns as infants.I suggest that those on the left, the progressives, routinely judge the idiosyncracies of the past (cherry-picked to boot) to validate their modern day claims and assertions, especially about gender and sexuality. Wearing a dress does not make you female.

[@dianajane6185]

Professor Yorston, you have a beautiful way of illuminating complicated topics. When I was young, I was so appalled by Hemingway‘s crimes against large animals, I never even looked at his work, let alone his life. Except I came to admire his bequest to his cats. And, now that, over time, I have grown somewhat more capable of objectivity, I deeply appreciate having your guided introduction to Ernest Hemingway, the person. Thank you. Now to Part 2!

[@professorgraemeyorston]

I felt the same way and didn't read many of Hemingway's works when I was younger.

[@TTFN55]

Also, the hunters pay for the animal preserves.

[@aurelia5614]

@@TTFN55 But if the killing is only for sport and an outmoded version of masculinity to uphold, paying upfront for the pleasure of killing an innocent creature does not wash and is immoral and sickening.

[@TTFN55]

@@aurelia5614 - Life isn't a Disney movie. None of your assumptions are correct.

[@aurelia5614]

@@TTFN55 Which 'assumptions' are you alluding to?

[@richardshiggins704]

Fascinating review of this smouldering volcano . He and his family were a case study of the role genetics can play in mental disorders . Looking forward to part two .

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thank you.

[@claudettedelphis6476]

So true

[@kathleenkeene]

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[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thank you.

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[@professorgraemeyorston]

Glad you're enjoying it!

[@patbird9694]

Can’t wait for part 2. Enjoying all your bios by the way .

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thank you, Part 2 will hopefully be out this weekend.

[@mercx007]

Thank you for making these videos Professor, they are greatly appreciated and they help distract me from my self loathing

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Glad to be of service!

[@samsum3738]

Excellent . I shall be looking at part two . Thank you for the marvellous narration .

[@dalifeliciano5637]

Love your soothing voice 🙏🏽

[@richbarnard4524]

Once again, it's a pleasure. Thank you, and I can't wait for the next one to follow.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Hopefully released next Friday.

[@steveerhart8777]

The narrative is very good. My own mother was bipolar. She was also an alcoholic. This dual diagnosis is actually more common than most realize.

[@jeremymahrer1832]

Well done, you even found some photos i haven't seen, looking forward to part two.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

I used 600 photos for the first and second parts and rejected another 200 for being too grainy! But it always the same fifty or so well known images that come on google searches, initially.

[@marknewton6984]

My favorite author. Waiting for Part 2. 😎

[@septemberreign2310]

Riveting!! Can't wait for the follow up video.

[@cherylray4811]

I am looking forward to part 2. I've always been a Hemingway fan.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Currently being edited, hopefully released next Friday.

[@marknewton6984]

Me too!

[@justjoe942]

Enjoyed that very much; thanks for posting.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thanks for watching

[@chrish2277]

I'll have to listen to this again. So much information! A fresh take on a very well known person.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thank you, part 2 should be out on Friday.

[@eleonorelemonnier9277]

Thank you for your videos, I love your tone, your British accent, your research and everything you teach us. I send you my best regards from France.

[@MortalWeather]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@ellebelle8515]

Thank your for your engaging story telling--- also for sharing your reaction to Hemingway grinning proudly over his trophy kills; it is also always a problem for me. Hunting for most of history was a means of survival, but, for me, this kind of sport mentality over killing marks a great disconnection in a part the humanity of a person. Sadly, this was a sport that was largely encouraged and not frowned upon during his lifetime.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Yes, we have to place it in its context, his African trips were very much the type of thing that the wealthy elite indulged in, in his day.

[@eileenbauer4601]

I visited his Key West home a few years back. There’s lots of cats around the house and yard who I think are the descendants of his original white cat I think named Snowflake. Most of them are 6-toed. Very cute! As for the dress when he’s a baby yes as you pointed out that was normal for little boys and very handy for diaper changing as you said. I have a photo of my dad from 1922 wearing a dress, not extremely frilly but definitely a dress. Great video!

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thank you. I'd love to visit the Hemingway homes.

[@marknewton6984]

The last great American man!

[@Caligari...]

Very enjoyable . Thank You

[@jeffreyadams648]

Excellent recap.

[@rensha7545]

This was fascinating!

[@user-qg5wg9ut2o]

Thank you for your Marvelous presentation about The Maga Earnest Hemet ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thanks for watching!

[@celiabassols]

Well done. Thank you.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thanks for watching!

[@user-ox6wd7kz1o]

Excellent insight into those early years.

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А serious channel, love it.Very good,professor😊 all the best to you

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thanks! 😃

[@mariannewilson753]

A very informative documentary. You provide the best analysis of the subtleties of Hemingway's evolving mental state - especially the cumulative impact of his numerous head injuries - that I have found. As for his hunting activities, yes they were revolting but so was his compulsive destruction of beautiful fish that should have been left alone.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thank you.

[@aviratica6370]

I grew up by Walloon Lake and we used to wave hi to Sunny Hemingway.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

It looks a beautiful place!

[@marknewton6984]

Big Two-Hearted River! 😎

[@ghosty426]

Wow! This was very interesting. You've got Hemmingway well dissected so far as to what made him tick. I look forward to your next video about him. Hemmingway wrote a wonderful novel called "The Old Man and the Sea" that was required Summer reading back in my Prep School years in the early 70s. I was fortunate enough to read that during my Summer at Dauphin Island Alabama.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thank you, I'd love to know if he is still required reading today. I asked some of my junior colleagues about him .... and they had never heard of him!

[@ghosty426]

@@professorgraemeyorston I was privileged enough to attend Wyoming Seminary Prep school in the mid-70s. I had the opportunity to go back there in the early 2000s. Most of my Teachers were retired or deceased. Only a small handful were still alive and teaching back then. The curriculum and discipline and dress code we had in the 70s was really dumbed down but not quite as badly as the public schools.

[@ghosty426]

@@professorgraemeyorston Some other required reading back then were "Black Like Me" and "Catcher in the Rye" .

[@bendewet1057]

Well, I recently reread that book and found it quite mediocre, so much so that I think the Bloke would find it rather difficult to find a Publisher these Days.

[@ghosty426]

​@@bendewet1057 How about Kurt Vonnegut's works? He was required reading in College at Prep Schools back in the 70s. The late great Rodney Dangerfield made use of Mr Vonnegut's fame in the Movie "Back To School" in the 80s.

[@konnikonni]

Thank you professor

[@nippynf4l831]

Excellent!

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thank you.

[@matthewblanchard9301]

Like many things in life I found part two before part one. Have made dozens of trips to Key West and would someday like to visit Cuba, but those days are slipping by me. Looking forward to a 'Key West Days' essay of Hemingway's life. Thank You Professor. 🎓

[@professorgraemeyorston]

They are meant to be stand alone videos, so no harm done.

[@sharinaross1865]

Great narration

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thank you.

[@carenkurdjinian5413]

Thank You ……Interesting To Know about This Mind …….🌞

[@jonnicholas4719]

I love your videos...

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Glad you're enjoying them.

[@anthonyakana5932]

I try to keep my style concise too. Thank you Papa.

[@speedtimothy]

Paris back-in-the-day must have been a delight ...ahh!

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Imagine sitting in a cafe and discussing the meaning in life with the most creative minds in Europe!

[@newforestpixie5297]

i’ve wasted a heck of a lot of time in the past few years on YT but some things have really improved- my knees have recovered after 40 years of work , I’ve learnt that Peter Ustinov was really funny & Ernest Hemingway was an adventurous & important writer whom had very little to do with pianos ….

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Cello yes, piano no!

[@rubinsteinway]

Interesting style of doc. Nice that you used Holst's Mars in the war years.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Thank you.

[@elizabethramos8572]

It is so incredible that John Steinbeck could have stolen Hemingway’s wife. John Steinbeck’s book of letter was shocking reading! My source of the information.

[@jeffreyadams648]

Adventure! We all need it. Some do it, most never do.

[@atillakoseoglu4089]

Beautiful ❤😊, please do it also for other creators

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Sure 😊I'm working as fast as I can!

[@bobtaylor170]

I'm only midway through this, but wanted to say that in my view, Sir Frederick Mott was one of history's greatest physicians. He didn't understand the mechanism of DAI, but his instinct that "shell shock" was caused by waves thrown off by exploding shells in some probable combination with psychological trauma was absolutely right. Predictably, as you know, the medical establishment rejected this in favor of an exclusively psychogenic hypothesis. I was unaware until now that Hemingway had been wounded by an exploding shell in WWI. When I consider that in 1954, he suffered two TBIs in separate plane crashes in a three day period, I'm not surprised his writing was paralyzed in his last years.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

There will be even more TBIs in part two, next week!

[@bobtaylor170]

@@professorgraemeyorston oh my, something to look forward to.😬

[@kunnakunna1508]

Thank you .l read Farewell to Arms when lwas quite young .He liked bull fighting and hunting .Such horrible games ,l believe .He also did not rain,l think..lt depressed him .Never knew he was a good looking man .Very talented .Thanks Prof.

[@leolacasse6278]

his story was far more interesting than his fiction stories.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

I think most of his novels were about himself - with just a few details changed.

[@leolacasse6278]

Maybe his greatest contribution was breaking us away from the Victorian style of writing to a simpler, less artful, more rational way of expressing oneself in literature.@@professorgraemeyorston

[@hectormanuel9793]

In The Western Canon by Harold Bloom, he predicts that his posthumously published final novel, The Garden of Eden , left unfinished will out live his famous novels like The Old Man and the Sea. Would love to see, just exactly where will Hemingway be with readers in 50 years time? John Updike is not popular these days with americans, but outside of the United States, his Rabbit tetralogy is becoming the most representative of where we were in the post-war years and that along with the works of John Cheever they see what is happening with their rising middle-class and the mistakes that recall that era of prosperity and broken dreams.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Yes, who will be read in 50 years times, would be a great conversation to have. I suspect the list of Nobel laureates would be a pretty poor predictor, there are some great names on there, along with some pretty obscure ones.

[@hectormanuel9793]

@@professorgraemeyorston The writers with a shelf full of awards are not the predictors of longevity, if anything, the list of all those writers that didn't receive the Nobel Prize is quite a distinguished one over the list of those that did, is Ishiguro a better writer than John Updike, Philip Roth, John Barth, William Gaddis, Cormac McCarthy, Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo or just about any of the great writers of the continents underrepresented, I think not!

[@kymross6405]

What an interesting time to live

[@professorgraemeyorston]

I would love to have met him in his Paris years, before he became successful, and all the others in their literary and artistic circle.

[@mikaelwester]

As a former family dr and therapist. Hemmingways life beats fiction. But I heard stories like that almost everyday..

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Yes, his trials and tribulations were not so very different from any one else's.

[@lilykatmoon4508]

I’m ashamed to admit, I’ve never read anything by Hemingway. Somehow my schooling didn’t include it. I remember Margeaux Hemingway and her short life. Mental illness has definitely affected that family so tragically. I’ll definitely find something of his to read just to try to get a sense of him. I also find big game hunting distasteful and those who kill just to kill for trophies make me sick. I’m really interested learn more about him!

[@professorgraemeyorston]

My sense is that his writing is not as popular as Fitzgerald or some other contemporaries, especially with the younger generation, and perhaps his image has something to do with this - not that Fitzgerald's is great!

[@EndingSimple]

With wolk has come a decidedly anti-masculine trend. But the recent popularity of the series SAS: Rogue Heroes gives me hope that this may be ending.

[@lindaoneill6323]

😮You are missing out. His writings stay with you for days. A moveable feast, For whom the bell tolls. Just wonderful.

[@Vr_republic]

I need this for a project and they didn’t say what source to use

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

Now Hemingway is a deep one! I am pretty sure I would have hated him but he is still a fascinating subject. I have PTSD and general anxiety on top of being on the autism spectrum, what you said about brain injury is intriguing because I've had quite a few hard bashes on the head, the worst being when a horse rolled head over heels over me causing pelvic avulsions and a huge lump on my forehead which, came between her rear and the ground as she somersaulted. Thank Goodness we both came out relatively unscathed (well a year in a brace, lengthened by my insisting on riding at every opportunity because you have to get back on as soon as possible). It just makes me think that some of my current, post Covid anxiety problems may have physical beginnings? Ah we're on to the Pamplona Bull run, this is where I start really disliking Hemingway. OK the war thing was terrible but, it doesnt excuse him being a bullfight afficionado, I'm always on the side of animals against humans, especially these hyper masculine types. I think this is all I can watch. (Sorry, I love your documentaries, I just cant take Hemingway's BS.)

[@1ACL]

I just never could get into his books. I'm a bit embarrassed about it, and perhaps should try again...maybe those short essays...

[@professorgraemeyorston]

You could read all 18 of the In Our Time vignettes in a few minutes - I think they are unique and they really changed my view of Hemingway.

[@1ACL]

Thank you for the suggestion.@@professorgraemeyorston

[@susieschlotzhauer9924]

His sister ship to the “Pilar” is here in the Florida Keys in Islamorada it’s neat to see

[@professorgraemeyorston]

There are some videos of it being taken through its paces - it looks pretty cool.

[@Leslie12.66]

I’m looking forward to your next video on EH. He lived an exhaustive life and left many by the wayside. So many red flags but women couldn’t resist him. I wonder if anyone knew the real man.

[@terry4137]

No don’t think I could have! ❤

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Villains are often more interesting in books and films, are bad boys more attractive to women?

[@Leslie12.66]

@@professorgraemeyorston Was your question rhetorical? Social media, films and literature have encouraged the fascination women have with badly behaving men. A prime example currently in the video game Baldur’s Gate 3 is the character Astarion, a conflicted vampire whose seduction of the player has spawned a deluge of Tic Tok and KZbin videos. Thanks for your stimulating videos and discussions.

[@rebeccabedford9855]

I hope not

[@genxx2724]

@@professorgraemeyorston Bad boys are hyper-masculine, and women feel they can protect us. Also, getting involved with them is the female version of risk-taking behavior. Women don’t drive recklessly or jump out of planes. Rather, some of us get involved with exciting men.

[@bobkent2334]

Questions have been raised as to Hemingway's claim to have carried a soldier from the battlefield after he himself had been wounded by an exploding mortar round. After such an experience, he was probably in no shape to help anybody. As to the lost manuscripts in Paris, I recall (perhaps from an unpublished writing fragment?) that he later composed an account of Hadley ripping up the missing manuscripts and then falsely claiming they had been lost in the train station.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

He certainly embellished aspects of his life, but he definitely got a medal for whatever he did in Italy.

[@voyaristika5673]

Another captivating video. Though his life is interesting, for some reason I never liked Hemingway. The big game kills don't help as I can't understand why shooting an animal from distance is gratifying. Thanks, and I look forward to part 2!

[@allisonlew4508]

Hunting is so horrific.

[@terry4137]

I loved his safari’s! I loved that he was a man’s man, intelligent, great writer, and sexy as hell!

[@professorgraemeyorston]

What about the rhinos and lions and leopards....?

[@marigail9234]

Anyone ever heard of the Hemingway cats? Very interesting man.

[@BGTuyau]

Even at this late date, actor Tom Cruise bears an uncanny resemblance to the young-youngish, pre-Papa Hemingway. Has Hollywood not managed to come up with a film project that could benefit from that?

[@professorgraemeyorston]

I think Tom Cruise riding a motorbike off a mountain would be about right for Ernie!

[@christineriegler5854]

He was a fabulous sniper also.

[@josephkelley8634]

I believe he lived very briefly in New York City before moving to Idaho.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

That's in part 2!

[@suneethamay3615]

I met Hemingway children while l was travelling and enjoying life with new found of sense. Caring and sharing Why world know most rich and famous are dead l think they doing these for insurance purpose

[@deealex1402]

great documentary, thank you. very clear and simply explained. with great pictures. I agree with you Sir, shooting animals is just very cowardly thing to do,specially the ones that are distinct. i think shooting animals and calling it entertaiment or sport is just evil. but hemingway was great writer, one of the best in history, i just dont agree with the animal killing, its just unecessary. id respect man more if he fed hungry animals and cared for them, voluteered helping them.

[@DezleySD7]

Isn’t it wonderful to have a human narrator not a bloody AI robot !!!’

[@professorgraemeyorston]

I agree!

[@mahatapachakraborty6919]

❤

[@vicvega3614]

Didnt he also shoot lions? Rhinos? Elephants? Thats ridiculous. But recently i watched the Woody Allen movie Midnight in Paris where Owen Wilsons character goes back in time, Hemingway is in it, its a great movie

[@scaredy-cat]

I agree, killing animals is both unnecessary and shameful

[@SkywalkerSamadhi]

Is anyone able to translate the love poem to Annette Devoe at 5:11 ??

[@professorgraemeyorston]

It begins: "Your Matchless grace your sensuous loveliness and your beauty strikes me dumb"

[@andressabufulin496]

🌻

[@teresajohnson5265]

I find quite a few men just like him...more or less!!!

[@frenchartantiquesparis424]

Great paintings are found after being hid for 100 years.... Maybe that suitcase full of written works will turn up one day?

[@professorgraemeyorston]

That would be a find!

[@hejla4524]

20:55 Pulled a skylight down on his head thinking it was a toilet chain...well we all make mistakes.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

He did make quite a few!

[@quickchris10]

About whether his mama dressed him like a girl, well, our grandfather baby pics; they all had pageboy hair or long curly locks and wide, lacy collars on billowy white blouses. But maybe in his magic, magnifying mind, it did cause him distress. Most things did. As to the sport hunting; he obviously did need the outlet. Had he not had so many outlets, he might have become a serial killer. I mean, he always did seem to have an urge to kill. That would explain a cathartic enjoyment of the bullfighting, too.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

And I'm sure he wasn't scarred by the experience.

[@janpatterson6302]

When all else fails, blame the woman. Glad to hear his mother didn’t waste her life being a cook and a housekeeper.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Maybe she did things that were deserving of blame!

[@janpatterson6302]

@@professorgraemeyorston I enjoyed hearing about a woman who educate her children instead of raising entitled welfare mama’s who take care of their babies daddy’s only to produce sewer rates. I’m all for education instead raising young women to become tamed domestic animals for producing, cooking and cleaning.

[@genxx2724]

I imagine with six kids a woman would need household help, and there would still be plenty of work for her to do, especially in the days before appliances.

[@kentdouglass1001]

It wasn't her eyes hindering her. It was her cop out due to insecurities or whatever.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

That is what I feel is most likely given all her other foibles.

[@lobsterwhisperer7932]

Superb channel with an adblocker, but insanely irritating without..ads every 3 minutes? that run for 30 sec, I get you need to get paid but why go for the highest amount of ads possible.

[@genxx2724]

I pay for KZbin premium. It is worth it to me. I don’t have cable TV or any other subscriptions besides Amazon Prime.

[@CaribouDataScience]

Would you say that the father was bi-polar?

[@lynnmorice-sams3304]

I would.

[@kymross6405]

So sad so many animals

[@gayeinggs5179]

My grandfather would not talk about the trenches

[@professorgraemeyorston]

My father flew in Lancasters in WW2, but never talked about it, people rarely did.

[@thetreekeeper143]

Looks like sean connery

[@sambarlow9475]

Have you read the quirky historical novel The Not So Old Man and the Sea? The author contends that Hemingway committed suicide because of a blood disorder and electroshock therapies... even goes as far as saying his was murdered. And his getting dressed as a girl at a young informative age had something to do with his need to be seen as a macho man. My question is that even though it may have been a fashionable thing to do to your child, isn't it still an assault on the subconscious to cause confusion? The id never sleeps.

[@mousemd]

I don't recall Kansas City being in Florida? 😅

[@professorgraemeyorston]

...After spending time in Key West they travelled to Kansas City!

[@cliftonbowers6376]

Thanks i see a remake of his movie that was sensored fo fuck n bad pan whats this Florida ? 😮

[@Brook2400]

Thank you for the informative video. By the way, hunting is not a way to show one's "bravery". I used to hunt a lot. It had nothing to do with filling a need to feel "brave". I also don't agree with shooting lions, rhinos, elephants etc. My family used the animals I, my wife and daughters shot.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Hunting I'm sure fulfils different functions for people. I do think that for Hemingway hunting was about demonstrating his bravery. He was never going to be eating the grizzlies, elephants and lions he shot.

[@applejack160]

You lost me at "kangaroo tendon"

[@user-bn7bk5mw4s]

Suicide all over the family tree. Very sad

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Across four generations.

[@user-ld1dy3yc8j]

Gee, what a surprise! 🤥 Culture in the home has a profound impact on the recipient. 🤣

[@bendewet1057]

Dear Professor, I very much Enjoy your Presentations and the excellent way you do them, But, Having read a couple of Hemingway's Books, I found him to be a pretty mediocre Author, compared to the many Great Authors of Today, I suppose that I really to try and maintain the perspective perspective and consider the Time in which his stuff was produced. I do find it rather difficult though.

[@AdrienneReneau-ky4sc]

SCOTCH A BOTTLE A DAY

[@sallyreno6296]

You have a photo of the wrong Sloppy Joe's. The one pictured is not the one that was Sloppy's in Hemingway's time.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Oh dear - did it move?

[@sallyreno6296]

The one that was Sloppy's in Hemingway's day, on Greene Street, has been Capt. Tony's for 50+? years or so. The one you have a photo of is on lower Duval and has been called Sloppy Joe's for about the same amount of time I think. It didn't actually "move."@@professorgraemeyorston

[@veritas6335]

Interesting how, given that his mother was so dreadful, all the women he married looked exactly like her.

[@professorgraemeyorston]

Really - they all look different to me.

[@jeanenry]

Pauline was hardly a Garbo or Monroe!!