ERNEST HEMINGWAY BIRTHPLACE AND MUSEUM
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Complete and fascinating guided tour giving access to 2 sites including Hemingway's house and the museum that retraces his life
The great Hemingway was born on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park. The city could not miss the opportunity to celebrate his brilliant career that began on the streets of Chicago's West Side. The visit is very complete, since it takes you to two sites: the house in which he lived the first six years of his life and a museum that traces his life. We advise you to start with the guided tour of the house (which starts every day at the hour), which tells how the Hemingways lived, the mother a singing teacher, the father a doctor, the adventurer uncle, the protective grandfather and the four children. We learn, for example, that Ernest (for once a writer!) had a happy childhood, and that his talent for storytelling was stimulated early on by his grandfather's stories. Among other interesting anecdotes, we learn that this house was the first in the neighborhood to have electricity. As you leave the house, head to the museum, which recounts his childhood in Oak Park, his college years, his service in Italy during World War I, his journalism and involvement in the Spanish Civil War, and then as a war correspondent during World War II. The tour is also fascinating, with multiple video testimonials and historical context for his creative writing years. Come early if you want to avoid the crowds.
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