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The Fifth Column and Four Stories of the Spanish Civil War is a collection of works by Ernest Hemingway. [1] It contains Hemingway's only full length play, The Fifth Column, which was previously published along with the First Forty-Nine Stories in 1938, along with four stories about Hemingway's experiences during the Spanish Civil War, previously published on magazines between 1938 and 1939.
Baker writes that Hemingway did not expect Spain to "become a sort of international testing-ground for Germany, Italy, and Russia before the Spanish Civil War was over". [87] Despite Pauline's reluctance, he signed with North American Newspaper Alliance to cover the Spanish Civil War, [88] and sailed from New York on February 27, 1937. [89]
For Whom the Bell Tolls is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer attached to a Republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As a dynamiter, he is assigned to blow up a bridge during an attack on the city of Segovia.
Set in Spain, it is inspired by Hemingway's experience as a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War. [1] The story was originally written as a news dispatch by Hemingway from the Amposta Bridge over the Ebro River on Easter Sunday as the Fascists were set to overrun the region. [4] Hemingway's notes on the incident have been reproduced. [5]
The Fifth Column is set during the Spanish Civil War. Its main character, Philip Rawlings, is an American-born secret agent for the Second Spanish Republic. The play was poorly received upon publication and has been overshadowed by many of the short stories in the anthology. [2]
The Spanish Earth is a 1937 anti-fascist film made during the Spanish Civil War in support of the democratically elected Republicans, whose forces included a wide range from the political left like communists, socialists, anarchists, to moderates like centrists, and liberalist elements.
English: From Edison film catalog: A file of Spanish soldiers line up the Cubans against a blank wall and fire a volley. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very striking picture. The flash of rifles and drifting smoke make a very striking picture.
Record group: Collection JFK-EHEMC: Ernest Hemingway Collection, 01/01/1880 - 12/31/1999 (National Archives Identifier: 1156) Series: Photographs: Cuba Years, 1939-1960, compiled 12/24/1940 - 08/04/1960 (National Archives Identifier: 192659) NAIL Control Number: NLK-EHEMC-CUBAYEARS-8JJ; Source: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration