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Reynolds, Nicholas E.,

Writer, sailor, soldier, spy : Ernest Hemingway's secret adventures, 1935-1961 / Nicholas Reynolds. - New York HarperLuxe 2017. - xxix, 549 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-549).

Awakening: when the sea turned the land inside out -- The writer and the commissar: going to war in Spain -- Returning to Spain: to stay the course -- The bell tolls for the republic: Hemingway bears witness -- The secret file: the NKVD plays its hand -- To spy or not to spy: China and the strain of war -- The crook factory: a secret war on land -- Pilar and the war at sea: a secret agent of my government -- On to Paris: brave as a Saladang -- At the front: the last months of the Great War against fascism -- "The creeps": not war, not peace -- The Cold War: no more brave words -- No room to maneuver: the mature antifascist in Cuba and Ketchum -- Calculating the hidden costs.

A former CIA officer and curator of the CIA Museum reveals the untold story of Ernest Hemingway's secret life as a spy for both the Americans and Soviets before and during World War II, and explores how his espionage activities influenced his literary work.

ISBN: 9780062644121 0062644122

Subjects--Personal Names:
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Espionage, American--History--20th century.
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945.

LC Class. No.: PS3515.E37 / Z753 2017b

Dewey Class. No.: 818.5203