Ernest Hemingway: Thought in Action

Acknowledgments

ix Ac­ knowl­ edg­ ments I am in­ debted to so many peo­ ple for their kind­ ness to me dur­ ing the writ­ ing of this book. I am proud to ac­ knowl­ edge some of them here. This book could not have been written without generous grants from the Hemingway Society, the John F. Kennedy Museum and Library, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and the University of Evansville. André Aci­ man, Mario Di­ Gangi, Marc Dolan, Ed­ mund L. Ep­ stein, John Frec­ cero, and ­ George Guida for their ex­ per­ tise, en­ cour­ age­ ment, and gen­ e­ ros­ ity dur­ ing my grad­ u­ ate stud­ ies. Mor­ ris Dick­ stein for gra­ ciously read­ ing so much of my work and for all the en­ joy­ able, val­ u­ able dis­ cus­ sions—I’m so grate­ ful. Larry Kritz­ man and John Paul Russo. Susan F. Bee­ gel, Kirk Cur­ nutt, Carl P. Eby, Rob­ ert Paul Lamb, Erik Nak­ ja­ vani, and Mark P. Ott from the Hem­ ing­ way So­ ci­ ety for their sup­ port, sug­ ges­ tions, can­ dor, and cu­ ri­ os­ ity. Matt Blank, Mat­ thew J. Bol­ ton, Anton Borst, David Davis, and Car­ o­ line Hell­ man for their friend­ ship and coun­ sel and under­ stand­ ing. ­ Thanks, guys. My colleagues at the University of Evansville: Arthur Brown, Dan Byrne, Larry Caldwell, Bill Hemminger, Kristie Hochwender, and Lesley Pleasant. Thanks to Kevin Kay and Laura Summers for their many contributions and outsized patience. Gwen ­ Walker, Paul S. Boyer, Adam Meh­ ring, and the en­ tire team at the Uni­ ver­ sity of Wis­ con­ sin Press. To An­ to­ nio and Linda D. Ci­ rino (1941–2007). For every­ thing. ...