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Patrick Hemingway Editor of Ernest Hemingway's TRUE AT FIRST LIGHT The sole surviving of
Ernest Hemingway's three sons, some of Patrick background mirror's his father's.
"Patrick Hemingway was born on 28 June 1928, in Kansas City, Missouri, the second son of Ernest Hemingway, and the author's first child with second wife Pauline Pfeiffer. Patrick was affectionately known within the family as "Mouse," a nickname given to him by his father. He lived in East Africa for most of his adult life, running a safari firm in the savanna called Tanganyika Tour Safaris. Patrick was a White Hunter and a big-game guide, taking European princes, wealthy adventurers, and curious tourists on hunting expeditions in the bush. During dangerous political times, he served as honorary game warden for the nations of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. He became so familiar with the wild that he was appointed by the United Nations to teach game conservation in Africa. After his retirement, he moved to Montana, to a small house at the edge of the Bridger Mountains, where he has lived in relative seclusion for the past quarter-century. He is happily married to a former university professor, Carol, and is the father of a grown-up daughter, Mina." ERNEST HEMINGWAY was a true mentor to me during my journey. He and I were the same age - 33 - when we first experienced Africa. Ernest returned to Africa on safari in the winter of 1953 / 1954 - and son Patrick was there. Patrick spent 25 years in Africa as owner and operator of a safari company and knew the whole atmosphere of safaris. He knew his father and his father's writing, and he ardently advocates getting to know his father's works over the public persona. Though there are many famous scholars well-versed in all things Hemingway, to me, there was no one better than Patrick to edit the manuscript that Hemingway wrote about the safari. It is a great read that truly resonates Ernest Hemingway enjoying life to the fullest and sharing the profound experiences of the safari. So I am very proud that Patrick inscribed my first edtion copy of TRUE AT FIRST LIGHT - he even added a sketch of recumbent lion! He also wrote me a very nice letter, which I will treasure. "To Tom
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