Ernest Hemingway, True at First Light

Dennis Ledden (Independent Scholar - North America)

Ed. by Stephen E. Meats, Pittsburg State University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.3: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1999

Places

United States (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Non-Fiction
- Memoir
Novel

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Citation: Ledden, Dennis. "True at First Light". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 September 2014 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35472, accessed 23 April 2024.]

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