1. Ernest Hemingway: Born July 21st, 1899 to a musically talented mother and nature loving father .
2. Lifelong Aficionado Hemingway watched his first bullfight in Pamplona in 1923 thinking it would have a positive effect on his unborn son. It then became a pastime for him.
3. during World War one Hemingway volunteered in Italy as an ambulance driver with the red cross.
3.1. while running a mobile canteen dispensing chocolate and cigarettes for soldiers, he was wounded by Austrian mortar fire.
4. Despite his injuries, Hemingway carried a wounded Italian soldier to safety and was injured again by machine-gun fire. For his bravery, he received the Silver Medal of Valor from the Italian government—one of the first Americans so honored.
4.1. Hemingway on War and Its Aftermath
5. July 2, 1961, Ketchum, ID
5.1. -Ernest Hemingway was found dead of a shotgun wound in the head at his home. His wife, Mary, said that he had killed himself accidentally while cleaning the weapon.
5.2. Hemingway Dead of Shotgun Wound; Wife Says He Was Cleaning Weapon
