Hemingway and Bimini: The Birth of Sport Fishing at the End of the World
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The only book dedicated to Hemingway's transformative years on Bimini — where the man, the myth, and modern sport fishing converged.
About the Book
Follow Ernest Hemingway's exploits on the Bahamian island of Bimini from 1935 to 1937 — the pivotal moment when the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) was born. Author Ashley Oliphant traces Hemingway's central role in co-founding the IGFA, his groundbreaking writing about competitive saltwater angling, and the extraordinary fishing he experienced on the island. These years would ultimately shape his posthumous novel Islands in the Stream.
What's Inside
- Hemingway's founding role in the formation of the IGFA
- His early, underappreciated writing on competitive saltwater fishing
- Rare vintage photographs of 1930s Bimini — never before published in book form
- A surprising portrait of Hemingway: conservationist, humorist, and advocate for women in big-game fishing
- The literary bridge between Bimini and Islands in the Stream
Why It Matters
This book challenges the familiar Hemingway caricature — revealing a man with advanced conservationist views decades before the environmental movement, and egalitarian respect for his female contemporaries in the big-game fishing world. It's essential reading for Hemingway scholars, IGFA historians, and serious saltwater anglers alike.
Book Details
Hardcover | 264 pages | 6 × 9 inches | Includes vintage Bimini photography
About the Author
Ashley Oliphant, Ph.D., is a professor of twentieth-century American literature at Pfeiffer University, where she has taught composition, literature, linguistics, and Hemingway seminars since 2007. A longtime member of the Hemingway Society, she is a recognized authority on Hemingway's life and work.
Ce site est protégé par hCaptcha, et la Politique de confidentialité et les Conditions de service de hCaptcha s’appliquent.
The only book dedicated to Hemingway's transformative years on Bimini — where the man, the myth, and modern sport fishing converged.
About the Book
Follow Ernest Hemingway's exploits on the Bahamian island of Bimini from 1935 to 1937 — the pivotal moment when the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) was born. Author Ashley Oliphant traces Hemingway's central role in co-founding the IGFA, his groundbreaking writing about competitive saltwater angling, and the extraordinary fishing he experienced on the island. These years would ultimately shape his posthumous novel Islands in the Stream.
What's Inside
- Hemingway's founding role in the formation of the IGFA
- His early, underappreciated writing on competitive saltwater fishing
- Rare vintage photographs of 1930s Bimini — never before published in book form
- A surprising portrait of Hemingway: conservationist, humorist, and advocate for women in big-game fishing
- The literary bridge between Bimini and Islands in the Stream
Why It Matters
This book challenges the familiar Hemingway caricature — revealing a man with advanced conservationist views decades before the environmental movement, and egalitarian respect for his female contemporaries in the big-game fishing world. It's essential reading for Hemingway scholars, IGFA historians, and serious saltwater anglers alike.
Book Details
Hardcover | 264 pages | 6 × 9 inches | Includes vintage Bimini photography
About the Author
Ashley Oliphant, Ph.D., is a professor of twentieth-century American literature at Pfeiffer University, where she has taught composition, literature, linguistics, and Hemingway seminars since 2007. A longtime member of the Hemingway Society, she is a recognized authority on Hemingway's life and work.