Facts About Earnest Hemingway
1. Hemingway liked six-toed cats. His former home in Key West, which is now a museum, is filled with the descendants of his cats, more than half of them six-toed.
2. Hemingway was married four times: to Elizabeth Richardson, Pauline Pfeiffer, Martha Gellhorn, and Mary Welsh. He dedicated a book to to each wife during the time he was married to them.
3. The city of Key West, Florida, has an Ernest Hemingway lookalike contest every year.
4. His mother Grace Hall, whom he never forgave, dressed him as a little girl in his youth.
5. Hemingway committed suicide the same way his father did, shooting himself in the head