Green Hills of Africa | Green Hills of Africa

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Author: Ernest Hemingway
First Published: 1935
Type of Work: Autobiography
Time of Work: 1933-1934
Setting: The plains and foothills of Africa
Principal Characters: Ernest Hemingway, Pauline Hemingway (P.O.M.), Charles Thompson (Karl), Philip Perceval, Jackson “Pop” Phillips, M’Cola, Droopy, ”Garrick”, Hans Koritschoner (Kandisky)
Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography, Memoir
Subjects: Africa or Africans, Traveling or travelers, Voyages, Nature, Adventure, Hunting or hunters, Machismo, Animals, Land settlement, Wildlife

In 1934, novelist Ernest Hemingway was busy creating the virile image that was to distinguish him among his American contemporaries as a man who lived the adventurous—and dangerous—life about which he wrote. With his second wife, Pauline, Hemingway set off in the late fall of that year for an African safari. The Hemingways’ friend Charles Thompson accompanied them on their voyage from Marseilles across the Mediterranean and through the Red Sea and remained with them throughout their sojourn on the African continent. To be certain that they were able to...

Green Hills of Africa | Green Hills of Africa

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