-
A Book Signing with Steve Paul
We are excited to welcome Steve Paul, author of “Hemingway at Eighteen: The Pivotal Year That Launched an American Legend,” for an in-store book signing on Saturday, October 7th from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. This is a free event.
In the summer of 1917, Ernest Hemingway was an eighteen-year-old high school graduate unsure of his future. The American entry into the Great War stirred thoughts of joining the army. While many of his friends in Oak Park, Illinois, were heading to college, Hemingway couldn't make up his mind and eventually chose to begin a career in writing and journalism at the Kansas City Star, one of the great newspapers of its day.In six and a half months at the Star, Hemingway experienced a compressed, streetwise alternative to a college education that opened his eyes to urban violence, the power of literature, the hard work of writing, and a constantly swirling stage of human comedy and drama. The Kansas City experience led Hemingway into the Red Cross ambulance service in Italy, where, two weeks before his nineteenth birthday, he was dangerously wounded at the front.
Award-winning writer Steve Paul takes a measure of this pivotal year when Hemingway's self-invention and transformation began--from a "modest, rather shy and diffident boy" to a confident writer who aimed to find and record the truth throughout his life. Hemingway at Eighteen provides a fresh perspective on Hemingway's writing, sheds new light on this young man bound for greatness, and introduces anew a legendary American writer at the very beginning of his journey.
Steve Paul grew up in New England, landed in Kansas City with his family, and eventually logged a 40-plus year career as a newspaper writer and editor. His journalism spans local and national news; book criticism and the arts; long-form features on murder, art fraud, architecture and barbecue; profiles of writers and musicians; restaurant reviewing; and editorial page editing and columnizing. He's a former board member of the National Book Critics Circle as well as the onetime owner of a bookshop. His latest book, "Hemingway at Eighteen," is the product of many years of off-and-on research. He's an active member in the international Ernest Hemingway Society, and co-produced its 13th biennial conference in Kansas City in 2008.Date and Time
Saturday Oct 7, 2017
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDTSaturday, October 7th from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Fees/Admission
Free
Contact Information
kristin@mcleanandeakin.com
Send EmailTell a Friend
-
Calender of Events
-