A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway I WHO DID WHAT IN WW1?

He is regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, but before that, he was an ambulance driver on the Italian Front in the Great War and also took part in the Spanish Civil War and World War Two.

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[yourethatmantis]

a farewell to arms... legs, fingers, toes, hearing, eyesight, and for a bunch of people: their whole bodies

[lesliemills]

Trivia note: One of Hemingway's short stories was banned in Canada, because it vilified a pilot who launched a Christmas day air raid.  Will Barker, the top Canadian Sopwith Camel pilot, did execute a Christmas day raid, which did launch German/Austrian reprisals.  Evidently Barker's wife was behind getting the story banned.

[jimwhite]

The great war making Mondays better since 1914 I mean 2014.

[pavelavietor]

Hello I m avid reader of Ernesto we call him that way in Cuba and Florida USA. I have visited all the historic places where he works and live. My favorite the house in Cuba, La Bodegita Del Medio. In Isla Morada Florida USA they have a replica of his fishing Boat. My favorite reading The Old Man And The Sea. Thanks for the memories saludos

[MorningGIry]

I never knew Hemingway worked for the Kc Star. I interned there last summer

[hlynnkeith]

IMO Hemingway's short stories are better crafted than his novels.

[davidscott]

I concur. Ive read many of hemingways writings, he was a brave man and idealist and suffered from post tramatic stress(battle fatuige) and a brken heart. You can see so much of himself in his stories.🐯

[robertadamcik]

My wife and I vacation in Key West, and the Hemingway House is a must see for anyone visiting there!

[Ynimixer]

Who says that ambulance drivers had it easier never drove a FIAT car

[Siskiyous]

Thank you for this episode, Hemingway has been one of my favorites for decades, ever since an Aunt gave me, "For Whom the Bell Tolls"

[matthewgallant]

I just finished reading A Farewell to Arms. The story is a poetic tragedy that will tear your heart out. As was the case of WW1. An incredible book that gripped me at the end and let me have it. Go read the book if you haven’t. It’s not as straightforward a war novel as All Quiet on the Western Front, but really a story about how the war had sucked the very soul out of those swept up in it.

[Brianwns]

You have to wonder how many Hemingway types we lost in this war that are forever silent.

[manuelapollo]

Indie I am impressed on how much perfect your italian pronounciation is

[STANUTS]

Nice Job - Great information here & your research is impeccable! TY

[xKronosx]

There's a story that the Italian mathmetician Vilfredo Pareto was discussing statistics with one of Italy's generals. Pareto asked, "What makes a great general?" and the answer was, "One who wins three major battles in succession."

"And how many generals are great generals?" Answer: "About one in eight."

Pareto: "If the chance of winning is half, the chance of winning three in a row is the reciprocal of two cubed, or one in eight. Statistics, my dear general, not generalship."

[varovaro]

Piling up antidepressants in preparation for the end of the show....

[joeneumann]

On this day after starting to watch this channel last june. I finally have caught up and have watched every episode of the the great war

[ulysses]

YES! I was waiting for this for ages! I knew it would come this year, it’s like Christmas come early!!!

[mrperson]

I was waiting forever on Hemingways video! Thanks guys!

[yeungmankiu]

I have been waiting for 2 years, thank you Indy and crew!