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Amid rising tension between the U.S. and Cuba, Hemingway's widow went on a literary rescue mission

05.30.2019 - By The Washington PostPlay

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When author Ernest Hemingway killed himself in 1961, the political strain between the United States and Cuba was escalating. In the midst of that struggle, Hemingway's widow scrambled to recover the author's work from his beloved home in Cuba.

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