Hemingway's literary apprenticeship was served in journalism, a career that he carried on vigorously for over four decades. From his early work as a correspondent for the Toronto Star in Europe during the 1920s, through his articles for Esquire and his first-hand reports of the Spanish Civil War, to the mellow, ironic chronicle of his last African adventures, few correspondents have produced a more impressive body of work. Seen in the light of his brilliance as a writer of fiction, this collection is revealing - readers can recognize the sources of Fiesta, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Old Man and the Sea and other Hemingway novels.