Table of Contents

Hemingway’s Guns — A Foreword
Introduction
A Firearms Vocabulary
The Cuban Connection
The Model 12 Pumpguns
Guns for Girls & Boys—the .410s
Winchester Model 21 Shotguns
Two Browning Superposeds
Browning Automatic Shotguns
A Pair & a Single—Merkel Over/Unders
The Beretta S3 Over/Under
The Griffin & Howe .30-06 Springfield
Mannlicher-Schoenauer Rifles
The .577 Nitro Express (& Other Double Rifles)
All Those Colt .22 Pistols
Winchester & Other .22 Rifles
A Thompson Submachine Gun
A Big-Bore Mauser, or Two
The W. & C. Scott & Son Pigeon Gun
Various: Adamy, Darne, Springfield, Arrizabalaga, “Alba” et al.
More Questions, Always
With Gratitude
Citations
Bibliography

About the Author

A writer, editor, and publisher for more than 30 years, Silvio Calabi lives on the coast of Maine and hunts around the world. Roger Sanger, from California and Idaho, is an aficionado of fine guns and the founder of the California Side By Side Society. Steve Helsley, also from California, is a consultant to the National Rifle Association and a firearms historian and photographer. They have collaborated on many articles for shooting magazines and they founded and produced the Gold Medal Concours d'Elegance of Fine Guns and the Western Side By Side Championships.

Reviews

A comprehensive biography of the acclaimed writer through his collection of shotguns, rifles and pistols. It is a fine addition to the bookshelf for those with an interest in classic firearms or in Hemingway himself, whose hunting exploits featured prominently in his writing.