ERNEST HEMINGWAY: THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA BIOGRAPHY Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, and was educated there in the public schools. Rather than attend college, Hemingway decided to work for the Kansas City Star newspaper. In World War I Hemingway served as a Red Cross ambulance driver until he was severely wounded in action. After recuperating in Italy, he settled in Paris, where he began his serious writing …showed first 75 words of 4121 total…

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