Typed letter signed Mary Hemingway, New York, N.Y., to Mark D. Waldemer, [Brentwood, Missouri]., 1971 Apr 30

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Typed letter signed Mary Hemingway, 27 East 65th Street, New York, N.Y., to Mark Waldemar, April 30, 1971

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The collection is comprised of one typed letter signed by Mary Hemingway to Mark Waldemer on April 30, 1971. Waldemer was a high school student who loved the works of Ernest Hemingway. He was extremely upset when his English teacher insisted that Hemingway wrote stories full of symbolism. Waldemer felt these symbols contrived by his teacher reduced the power of Hemingway's stories. He wrote a letter to Hemingway's fourth wife, Mary, who replied “…Ernest always said that no serious writer dreamed up symbols and then wrote a story…”