"The great thing is to last..."
Ernest Miller Hemingway was 18 years old when he walked into the newsroom of The Kansas City Star and began his writing career. Straight out of high school in Oak Park, Ill., Hemingway pounded the streets as a cub reporter at the newspaper for six and a half months, from Oct. 17, 1917 to April 30, 1918. From here, with World War I in progress, he joined the Red Cross ambulance service, headed for the front in Italy, was seriously wounded, fell in and out of love and willed himself into becoming a literary giant. In these Web pages The Star preserves Hemingway's Kansas City legacy. Included are stories he wrote, stories written about him and other ways to appreciate his place in the history of Kansas City and American literature.
--Steve Paul, senior writer and editor
--Steve Paul, senior writer and editor
| HEMINGWAY AT THE KANSAS CITY STAR |
» Stories that Hemingway wrote for The Star
» A Newspaper Life: Quotes, Anecdotes and Letters From Hemingway's Days at The Star
» Former Star columnist James Fisher on Hemingway's writing style
» Reading the Young Hemingway's Kansas City Star, 1917-18
» Hemingway Style Sheet (in .pdf) | Plain Text (in .pdf)
» A Newspaper Life: Quotes, Anecdotes and Letters From Hemingway's Days at The Star
» Former Star columnist James Fisher on Hemingway's writing style
» Reading the Young Hemingway's Kansas City Star, 1917-18
» Hemingway Style Sheet (in .pdf) | Plain Text (in .pdf)
| HEMINGWAY AT 100 |
» Heretofore unpublished jottings reveal ties to KC
» Annotation added to Hemingway history
» Two births in 1928 KC: A son and a novel insight
» Papa, as seen by son
» Hemingway on the Big Screen
» Read more stories in our special package from 1999
» Annotation added to Hemingway history
» Two births in 1928 KC: A son and a novel insight
» Papa, as seen by son
» Hemingway on the Big Screen
» Read more stories in our special package from 1999
| HEMINGWAY WRITING AWARDS |
| HEMINGWAY MULTIMEDIA |
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Take our 10-question Hemingway quiz! Hemingway Timeline Hemingway Photo Gallery VIDEO: Writer Steve Paul on the KC roots of 'A Farewell to Arms' |
| HEMINGWAY EXTRAS |
» Hemingway's KC: Landmarks
» Hemingway's KC: A Literary Tour
» Hemingway's KC Star stories
» More Hemingway Web sites
» Hemingway's KC: A Literary Tour
» Hemingway's KC Star stories
» More Hemingway Web sites
| THE ERNEST HEMINGWAY SOCIETY |
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The Ernest Hemingway Society held its 13th biennial international conference June 9-15 in Kansas City.
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| MORE HEMINGWAY STORIES FROM THE STAR |
- Big Read a big deal for KC Oct 3, 10:26 AM
- Of `Star Style' and a reporter named Hemingway Sep 27, 4:52 PM
- The Hemingway barbecue connection Aug 1, 5:56 PM
- The lure of Hemingway's Cuba Aug 1, 5:52 PM
- From his time to ours, Hemingway still speaks Aug 1, 5:43 PM
- Hemingway's Key West has, and has not, changed Aug 1, 5:28 PM
- In year of centennial, many coming to grips with formidable literary force Jul 30, 12:16 AM
- Events celebrate Hemingway Jul 29, 6:27 PM
- Star style and rules for writing Jul 29, 6:18 PM
- Ernest Hemingway: A selected bibliography Jul 29, 6:13 PM
- Some Hemingway resources Jul 29, 6:08 PM
- Contemporary writers on Hemingway Jul 29, 5:44 PM
- Susan Whitmore: My problem with Hemingway Jul 29, 5:33 PM
- Hemingway on film Jul 29, 5:02 PM
- Biographer to speak in Kansas City Jul 29, 4:47 PM
- Susan Beegel: What I like about Hemingway Jul 29, 5:28 PM
- Preparing for War and Writing Jul 29, 4:53 AM
- Annotation added to Hemingway history Aug 1, 5:58 PM
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Hemingway's Kansas City:
Brief but telling early jottings reveal author's ties to town Sep 27, 4:58 PM - Centennial symposium set arena for literary bullfighting Aug 3, 3:30 PM
