Bart Paul

Double-Edged Sword

The Many Lives of Hemingway's Friend, the American Matador Sidney Franklin

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Produktbeschreibung

The story of Sidney Franklin, a gay Jewish American bullfighter who triumphed over prejudice and adversity as he achieved what no American had ever accomplished, teaching Ernest Hemingway lessons in grace, machismo, and respect.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 151mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 565g
• ISBN-13: 9780803211292
• ISBN-10: 0803211295
• Artikelnr.: 26408012

Autorenporträt

Bart Paul is the author of the acclaimed High Country Noir series of novels: Under Tower Peak, called one of the ten best mysteries of 2013, Cheatgrass, and See That My Grave Is Kept Clean. He has also written documentaries on subjects as diverse as Masada and Nazi atrocities in Poland. Paul now lives in the ranching country of the Eastern Sierra’s California-Nevada border.  

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Introduction:The Alternative
Act One
1. The Bull
2. Que Viva Mexico
3. The Wisdom of the Aztec
Act Two
4. El Niño de la Synagoga
5. Thanks, Ma
6. Yanqui Flamenco
7. Death in the Afternoon –with Drinks and Dinner to Follow
8. To the Ear
9.Hard Times
Act Three
10. The Big Parade
11. A Fine Romance
12. The Beard
13. The Master Horn
14. The Sword
15. Separate Trails
16. Hemingway’s Gay Blade
17. The Alternativa
18. The New Man
19. Servalavari
20. Recuerdos
21. Sol y Sombra
Acknowledgments and Afterthoughts
Notes
Bibliography
Index