The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber Summary
Ernest Hemingway

The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber Summary

Ernest Hemingway first published "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" in the September, 1936, issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. Later, It was among the stories collected In Hemingway's The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories. The reception of Hemingway's fiction has always been intertwined with the understanding of Hemingway as a figure. Hemingway was the consummate sportsman; few others in American history, with the possible exception of Teddy Roosevelt, have come to symbolize...

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