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Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway and Mary Welsh Survive Two Plane Crashes

In the summer of 1953, Ernest and Mary survived two plane crashes while in Africa.

Aired 04/07/2021

FromKen Burns

Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway and Mary Welsh Survive Two Plane Crashes

Clip: Episode 3 | 3m 7sVideo has Closed Captions

In the summer of 1953, Ernest and Mary survived two plane crashes while in Africa.

In the summer of 1953, Ernest and Mary were involved in two plane crashes in two days while in Africa. Following the first accident, word had spread that the writer died, many publications prematurely publishing his obituary before the couple finally arrived at their destination of Entebbe. Though both were injured, Hemingway suffered yet another traumatic brain injury with a fractured skull.

Aired 04/07/2021

FromKen Burns

Corporate funding for HEMINGWAY was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by the Annenberg Foundation, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, and by ‘The Better Angels Society,’ and...

The Beginnings of Ernest Hemingway's Marriage to Mary Welsh

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In 1946, Hemingway married Mary Welsh, a Time and Life correspondent he met during WWII. (4m 17s)

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Corporate funding for HEMINGWAY was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by the Annenberg Foundation, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, and by ‘The Better Angels Society,’ and...

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