Hemmingway house, Key West Florida
Ernest Hemingway
was an American novelist from the 20th Century. He had many accomplishments
including the 1954 Nobel Prize in Literature. “Hemingway lived in Illinois and
wrote for the newspaper office in Kansas City at the age of seventeen” (Kauffman
Voting Rights Act of 1965). Ernest’s Primary Residency was in Key West Florida
where he and his wife Pauline and their two kids lived. One of the most famous things
about the house in today’s day is the famous 6 toes cats. When Hemingway died,
he left the house to the cats where over 50 cats live today! Hemingway moved to
the keys because he was an avid fisherman and everyone knows the keys in a
fishing dream. Sadly, his boat, Pilar, is in a museum in Cuba so we did not get
to see that! Ernest was notorious for having several wives and during the tour,
there were a lot of funny stories regarding his Ex-wives! One is how Pauline sold
his boxing ring and replaced it by having the biggest pool in Florida at the
time built in place of it! Ernest was so mad he took a penny out of his pocket handed
it to Pauline and said “here, here is the last penny I own, take it!” that
penny is now inside the concrete by the pool.
This is an older picture of Hemmingway where they are
talking about how president Kennedy expressed his admiration for Hemingway.
This picture was taken on the balcony outside the master
bedroom in the Hemmingway house. The significance of this picture is in the lighthouse
in the background. When Ernest bought the house, he had the house reconfigured so
that we would be able to see the lighthouse from his bedroom.
Ernest was known for being accident-prone.
After a night of drinking the next morning Hemmingway using the head pulled
down on the lavatory chain and nothing happened, he got frustrated and jerked
it not knowing he was pulling the skylight chain and pulled the skylight down
and crashed on top of him causing the major cut on his forehead!
This is the penny that was mentioned earlier, the so-called
last penny Pauline spent of Hemmingway’s after she had the pool built in place
of his boxing ring!
This is one of the famous 6-toed cats that live in the Hemmingway
house!
This is the picture inside the living space of the Hemmingway
house. This picture is apparently when he was in his 20s!
This is an older picture of Hemmingway where they are
talking about how president Kennedy expressed his admiration for Hemingway.
This picture was taken on the balcony outside the master
bedroom in the Hemmingway house. The significance of this picture is in the lighthouse
in the background. When Ernest bought the house, he had the house reconfigured so
that we would be able to see the lighthouse from his bedroom.
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Ernest was known for being accident-prone.
After a night of drinking the next morning Hemmingway using the head pulled
down on the lavatory chain and nothing happened, he got frustrated and jerked
it not knowing he was pulling the skylight chain and pulled the skylight down
and crashed on top of him causing the major cut on his forehead!
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This is the penny that was mentioned earlier, the so-called
last penny Pauline spent of Hemmingway’s after she had the pool built in place
of his boxing ring!
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This is one of the famous 6-toed cats that live in the Hemmingway
house!
Ernest Hemingway, a man I knew very little of until tonight. All of the facts you mentioned were interesting and some were really funny. I definitely have never seen a 6 toe cat and it looked weird but some creatures are born differently so no judgment. Is it even legal to leave a house to so many cats?! Also, the wife had all the reasons to turn that ring into a nice big pool where she can relax and enjoy her time! Why not? After finding out what Hemingway was doing behind her back it's only right to give him a little payback. The last thing I want to say is that the big scar on his forehead looks like it really hurt. Guess that's what happens when you're drunk!
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