A Way to Live Now

“John Fenstermaker emphasizes the importance of journalism as he reviews the life of Ernest Hemingway. Without journalism, Hemingway may not have discovered the ‘one true sentence’ that led him to write short stories and novels that continue to be admired and read.” ~Joseph M. Flora, author of Hemingway’s Nick Adams

“Fenstermaker neatly integrates Hemingway’s multiple voices, as found in his personal letters and his journalism, to reveal how, in both his creative fiction and nonfiction, he emerged triumphantly as the ‘Father of Modern American Prose.’” ~Linda Patterson Miller, chair of the Editorial Advisory Board for the Cambridge Edition of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway

“What makes Hemingway Hemingway? How did he come to fame? Are women flat characters in his fiction? (Definitely not!) These are some of the issues Fenstermaker examines in this insightful and well-researched book. Of particular note is his look at the part Esquire played in bringing to light one of America’s greatest writers.” ~Christine Peterson, professor emerita of English, Northern Illinois University