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Parks and Outdoors Review of Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum

Away Travel Expert: Mike Sigalas

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Jungle Exploration,Scenic Drives

Parks and OutdoorsExpert Tips & Helpful Hints

• Though Hemingway didn't live much of his life here—roughly from 1931-1940, during his second marriage. The uncle of his new wife, Pauline Pfeiffer, gave the newlyweds the home as a gift. When Hemingway left Pfeiffer to mary wife number three, Pfeiffer kept the house. Hemingway moved on, rather famously, to Cuba.
• The sixty-some six-toed cats you'll see cavorting about the house and grounds all descend from a single, apparently popular female named Snowball—a gift from a ship's captain to Hemingway. Since nearly all of the cats are now spayed and neutered, the population is no longer expanding, and the few cats born here replace ones who pass on to the great litter box in the sky.
• Even if its former owner was named Smith instead of Hemingway, the house and grounds would be worth a visit. The 1851 colonial, southern-style mansion is made of local coquina limestone and features French doors, a two-story veranda with views of the Key West Light, and the Florida Keys' first swimming pool, a surprise by Pauline while Hemingway was off reporting on the Spanish Civil War.

Beach Review of Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum

Away Travel Expert: Sarah White

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Family Review of Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum

Away Travel Expert: Candyce H. Stapen

FamilyExpert Rating Recommended for:
Children aged 13 - 17

FamilyExpert Tips & Helpful Hints

• Literary minded teens will like the place.
• Even younger kids will enjoy the home's resident 50-plus cats, descended from Hemingway's own feline menagerie. Most are named after famous writers (see them online before your visit at www.hemingwayhome.com).
• Ages five and younger are free on tours, but tours really are aimed at visitors who have read Hemmingway's works.