Exploring Hemingway’s Sun Valley: A Three-Week Seminar In-Person
During this multi-week course, we will embrace the day as Ernest Hemingway did when he was in the Wood River Valley in the late 1930s and early 1940s. We will engage both the mind through discussion of Hemingway’s texts and the body by exploring the local sites that he cherished. We will learn about the local stories of Hemingway’s time in the Sun Valley area as portals into our discussions of his iconic World War I novel A Farewell to Arms. In addition to the seminar discussions, we will travel to local haunts including but not limited to the Sun Valley Lodge, Trail Creek Memorial, Ketchum Cemetery, Big Wood River, and Silver Creek. Learn about the local stories in the places he frequented and how these local stories make us better readers of his texts.
Phil Huss, local author of Hemingway’s Sun Valley: Local Stories Behind His Code, Characters, and Crisis (2020) and 26-year independent school English teacher, will lead both the discussion and excursions. No prior knowledge of Hemingway’s life or his texts are needed. Just a curious mind.
Registration is required and this class is full.
- Date:
- Wednesday, August 10, 2022 Show more dates
- Time:
- 10:00am - 1:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Mountain Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Off-Site
- Campus:
- The Community Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Classes & Discussions Hemingway
Texts :
- Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms: The Hemingway Library Edition (ISBN 978-1-4767-6452-8) (paperback)
- Phil Huss Hemingway’s Sun Valley: Local Stories Behind His Code, Characters, and Crisis
Dates (register once to attend the series):
- Wednesday, August 3, 10:00am - 1:00 pm - Meet at The Community Library. Read Farewell Chapters 1-19.
- Wednesday, August 10, 10:00am - 1:00 pm - Meet at The Community Library. Read Farewell Chapters 20-32.
- Wednesday, August 17, 10:00am - 3:00 pm - Meet at Silver Creek Preserve near Picabo. Read Farewell to end.
