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For Whom the Bell Tolls
By Ernest Hemingway
Biography of Ernest Miller Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway was born in July 21, 1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. His father was a doctor, and his mother was musically trained. Ernest was the second of six children. His mother hoped Ernest would be influenced by her musical interests but he preferred fishing and hunting trips with his father, this love of adventure trips would later be reflected in many Hemingway's stories. But from his mother he acquired a quick eye and a sensitive mind. Hemingway's aptitude for physical challenge remained through high school, where he played football and boxed. Because of an eye damage caused from numerous boxing matches, Hemingway was rejected from service in World War One. Hemingway also edited his high school newspaper and reported for the Kansas City Star. Later Hemingway participated in World War One as an ambulance driver for the American Red Cross. He was wounded on July 8, 1918. War itself is a major......

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