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Clarence Hemingway, EH’s father, on a hunting trip in the Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina, 1891. He holds a musket in his right hand; trophies, a black bear skin, and deer antlers hang in the background.

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Clarence with EH in northern Michigan, 1900.

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EH, “The Little Hunter,” 1903.

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EH, age 4, standing in front of a tent holding a large owl.

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Ernest Hall, grandfather and namesake of Ernest, with EH (with gun) and his sisters Ursula and Marceline, 1904.

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EH at Walloon Lake, about 1913, with his father’s lever-action shotgun and willow grouse.

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EH (at left) and his friend, Harold Sampson, with the fourteen-pound porcupine they killed in Bacon’s Woods, 1913. EH holds his first gun, a 20-gauge shotgun.

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EH and his younger brother, Leicester, in Oak Park, ca. 1920.

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EH and his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer, ca. 1927.

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EH with his elk and grizzly bear trophies outside the main lodge at the Nordquist Ranch, 1932.

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EH with his lion on the Serengeti Plain, 1933–34 safari.

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Pauline (P.O.M.) with her lion on the Serengeti Plain, 1933–34 safari.

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EH with a cape buffalo, 1933–34 safari.

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EH beaming with his kudu and roan antelope trophies, 1933–34 safari.

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From left to right: Pauline, Tommy Shevlin, Patrick, Mrs. Shevlin, and EH with Ernest’s grizzly bear, 1936.

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From left to right: Gregory, Jack, EH, Martha Gellhorn, and Patrick embarking on a pheasant shoot in Sun Valley, 1940. (Photo by Lloyd Arnold. Used by permission of Lloyd Arnold/Hulton Archives/Getty Images)

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EH takes aim for a publicity shoot (he always shot with his glasses) in Sun Valley. (Photo by Lloyd Arnold. Used by permission of Lloyd Arnold/Hulton Archives/Getty Images)

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EH with a large pheasant in Sun Valley, 1940. (Photo by Robert Capa. Used by permission of Robert Capa and Magnum Photos)

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EH with Pauline’s 6.5 Mannlicher rifle in Sun Valley, ca. 1940. (Photo by Lloyd Arnold. Used by permission of Lloyd Arnold/Hulton Archives/Getty Images)

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EH teaching Patrick (at left) and Gregory to shoot birds in Sun Valley. (Photo by Lloyd Arnold. Used by permission of Lloyd Arnold/Hulton Archives/Getty Images)

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EH and Martha Gellhorn (third and fourth from left) returning from a successful antelope hunt in Sun Valley, 1940. (Photo by Lloyd Arnold. Used by permission of Lloyd Arnold/Hulton Archives/Getty Images)

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EH bird shooting in Sun Valley, 1941. (Photo by Robert Capa. Used by permission of Robert Capa and Magnum Photos)

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EH with Gregory and the antelope from “The Shot,” 1941. (Photo by Lloyd Arnold. Used by permission of Lloyd Arnold/Hulton Archives/Getty Images)

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EH and Gregory taking a break on Silver Creek, 1941. (Photo by Robert Capa. Used by permission of Robert Capa and Magnum Photos)

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“General Hemingway” and his troops rabbit hunting on the Freer Farm. (Photo by Lloyd Arnold. Used by permission of Lloyd Arnold/Hulton Archives/Getty Images)

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Gregory shooting flying fish from the bow of the Pilar, 1943.

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EH returning from a round at his shooting club in Cuba.

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EH measures the antler spread of Patrick’s first big-game kill—an Idaho mule deer buck, October 1946. (Photo by Lloyd Arnold. Used by permission of Lloyd Arnold/Hulton Archives/Getty Images)

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EH (kneeling) and Gary Cooper receiving birds from their dogs in Sun Valley, 1940. (Photo by Lloyd Arnold. Used by permission of Lloyd Arnold/Hulton Archives/Getty Images)

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EH and Jane Russell “shooting” in Sun Valley, ca. 1947–48. (Photo by Lloyd Arnold. Used by permission of Lloyd Arnold/Hulton Archives/Getty Images)

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From left to right: Philip Percival, EH, and Denis Zaphiro on the African safari of 1953–54.

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EH setting out to hunt with his tracker and his gun bearer, 1953–54 safari.

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EH readies himself to shoot a charging rhino, 1953–54 safari. (Photo by Earl Theisen. Used by permission of Earl Theisen Archives and Roxann E. Livingston)

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EH stands over the fallen rhino, 1953–54 safari. (Photo by Earl Theisen. Used by permission of Earl Theisen Archives and Roxann E. Livingston)

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EH tracking lion spoor, 1953–54 safari.

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Miss Mary and her lion, 1953–54 safari.

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Patrick, Mary, and EH look toward Mount Kilimanjaro, 1953–54 safari. (Used by permission of the Estate of Ernest Hemingway)

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EH with a fine impala, 1953–54 safari. (Used by permission of the Estate of Ernest Hemingway)

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EH throws clay pigeons for a friend in Idaho, late 1950s.

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EH, a solitary hunter, in the woods near Ketchum, Idaho, in the final year of his life. (Used by permission of John Bryson)