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The ambulance drivers : Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a friendship made and lost in war, James McGrath Morris

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After meeting for the first time on the front lines of World War I, two aspiring writers forge an intense twenty-year friendship and write some of America's greatest novels, giving voice to a 'lost generation' shaken by war. Eager to find his way in life and words, John Dos Passos first witnessed the horror of trench warfare in France as a volunteer ambulance driver retrieving the dead and seriously wounded from the front line. Later in the war, he briefly met another young writer, Ernest Hemingway, who was just arriving for his service in the ambulance corps. When the war was over, both men knew they had to write about it; they had to give voice to what they felt about war and life. Their friendship and collaboration developed through the peace of the 1920s and 1930s, as Hemingway's novels soared to success while Dos Passos penned the greatest antiwar novel of his generation, Three Soldiers. In war, Hemingway found adventure, women, and a cause. Dos Passos saw only oppression and futility. Their different visions eventually turned their private friendship into a bitter public fight, fueled by money, jealousy, and lust. Rich in evocative detail-- from Paris cafes to the Austrian Alps, from the streets of Pamplona to the waters of Key West-- [this book] is a biography of a turbulent friendship between two of the century's greatest writers, and an illustration of how war both inspires and destroys, unites and divides
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780306823831
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The ambulance drivers : Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a friendship made and lost in war
Title
The ambulance drivers
Title remainder
Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a friendship made and lost in war
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James McGrath Morris
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Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a friendship made and lost in war
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
After meeting for the first time on the front lines of World War I, two aspiring writers forge an intense twenty-year friendship and write some of America's greatest novels, giving voice to a 'lost generation' shaken by war. Eager to find his way in life and words, John Dos Passos first witnessed the horror of trench warfare in France as a volunteer ambulance driver retrieving the dead and seriously wounded from the front line. Later in the war, he briefly met another young writer, Ernest Hemingway, who was just arriving for his service in the ambulance corps. When the war was over, both men knew they had to write about it; they had to give voice to what they felt about war and life. Their friendship and collaboration developed through the peace of the 1920s and 1930s, as Hemingway's novels soared to success while Dos Passos penned the greatest antiwar novel of his generation, Three Soldiers. In war, Hemingway found adventure, women, and a cause. Dos Passos saw only oppression and futility. Their different visions eventually turned their private friendship into a bitter public fight, fueled by money, jealousy, and lust. Rich in evocative detail-- from Paris cafes to the Austrian Alps, from the streets of Pamplona to the waters of Key West-- [this book] is a biography of a turbulent friendship between two of the century's greatest writers, and an illustration of how war both inspires and destroys, unites and divides
Summary
Describes the intertwined stories of two literary greats of the “Lost Generation,” Hemingway and Dos Passos, and recounts their shared war experiences and the effect that combat had on the men’s friendship and their lives
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Biography type
collective biography
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10557065
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DLC
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Morris, James McGrath
Dewey number
813.52
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • portraits
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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True
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  • Hemingway, Ernest
  • Dos Passos, John
  • Hemingway, Ernest
  • Dos Passos, John
  • World War, 1914-1918
Target audience
adult
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Hemingway, Dos Passos, a friendship made and lost in war
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The ambulance drivers : Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a friendship made and lost in war, James McGrath Morris
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Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-296) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
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  • still image
  • text
Content type code
  • sti
  • txt
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Control code
000059524173
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780306823831
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2016043398
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)969438667
Label
The ambulance drivers : Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a friendship made and lost in war, James McGrath Morris
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-296) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • still image
  • text
Content type code
  • sti
  • txt
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Control code
000059524173
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780306823831
Isbn Type
(hardback)
Lccn
2016043398
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations, portraits
System control number
(OCoLC)969438667

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