Ernest Hemingway / Letter to his son Gregory from St Mary's Hospital 1961 Signed

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Ernest Hemingway / Letter to his son Gregory from St Mary's Hospital 1961 Signed:
$20000.00

Letter to his son, Gregory, from St. Mary's Hospital, 1961 (signed and framed)

Author: Hemingway, Ernest
Title: Letter to his son, Gregory, from St. Mary's Hospital, 1961 (signed and framed)
Publication: Rochester, Minnesota: 1961

Description: A one-page autographed letter signed to Hemingway's youngest son Gregory, which reads in full: "6-292, St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Minnesota, 1961, Dear Gig, Dr. Howard Rome told me this morning that you had called him in regard to the $350.00 you need on completing your tuition and I am enclosing herewith. Thank you for your letters and best luck in everything. Am doing well here and will not go into details but send this off to you with the minimum delay possible. The Cuban situation is quite complicated but appreciate your offer of help. Yours Always, Papa." In a postscript he adds: "Mary is quite well and I will be talking with her tomorrow night. Have been swimming three out of the last four days and it feels good again. There are some really fine doctors here and it is a pleasure about a privilege to know them. EH." A significant letter as it is written from the famous Mayo Clinic hospital where he was being treated, via electroshock therapy, for depression. Hemingway stayed at the hospital from November, 1960 to January 1961, and then again from April through June. The letter comes only 33 days before he would take his own life in Ketchum, Idaho, immediately after his release. The "Cuba Situation" he mentions in the letter is of course the Cuban Missile Crisis and Hemingway was unsure if he would be able to return to his home there, Finca Vigia, not least to save a number of manuscripts. One almost senses his resignation in the letter, but the postscript suggests he felt the need to revise his haste and add an upbeat, more descriptive note for Gig. Gregory Hemingway was in medical school at the time and became a doctor. For many years he had a strained relationship with his father, in part because of instances of cross-dressing as early as 12 years of age. Much later Gregory came out publicly as trans and went by Gloria. She (thus) was clearly caught between Hemingway's hyper masculine world and her own inclinations. She is buried beside Ernest and her brother Jack in Ketchum. An all around poignant letter from a pivotal moment. The letter is in very good condition, folded twice vertically and once horizontally for mailing, lightly wrinkled, and with one short split to the lower right edge at a fold and a touch of soiling to that same corner. It is impeccably mounted and framed in black wood behind UV-resistance glass by a Ketchum, Idaho shop. Very good.

Seller ID: 1669

Rural Hours

Rural Hours specializes in collectible books related to ecology, natural history, nature and science writing, the Environment, ecopoetics, contemporary essay, and literary journalism, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. Our name is an homage to Susan Fenimore Cooper's book Rural Hours (1850), considered the first work of Environmental nonfiction by an American woman.

Terms

All items are guaranteed to be as described.

Packaging

We are committed to recycling packaging material: Your item(s) will arrive in a clean and sturdy reused box unless you request otherwise.

Returns

We want our customers to be completely satisfied with their purchases. All books are returnable in the same condition within 30 days of delivery for any reason. Please package your book(s) carefully if sending a return.

This listing was created by Bibliopolis.