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Sen. John McCain on His Hero from 'For Whom the Bell Tolls'

Season 1 Episode 2 | 2m 45s

Published in the fall of 1940 at the end of the Spanish Civil War, Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" follows character Robert Jordan, a young American college instructor, in his fight against fascism. Senator John McCain discusses the profound impact the novel and its hero had on him.

Corporate funding for HEMINGWAY was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by the Annenberg Foundation, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, and by ‘The Better Angels Society,’ and its members John & Leslie McQuown, the Elizabeth Ruth Wallace Living Trust, John & Catherine Debs, The Fullerton Family Charitable Trust, the Kissick Family Foundation, Gail M. Elden, Gilchrist & Amy Berg, Robert & Beverly Grappone, Mauree Jane & Mark Perry; and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.
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In 1946, Hemingway married Mary Welsh, a Time and Life correspondent he met during WWII.
Hemingway writes The Old Man and the Sea but is overcome by mental illness.
After a hurricane killed 259 veterans, Hemingway took aim at the Roosevelt administration.
Ernest Hemingway returned to Spain to report on the Spanish Civil War.
Referring to himself as "Papa," Ernest Hemingway strived to be an expert on everything.
Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn reported alongside each other during the Spanish Civil War.
In 1939, Hemingway returned to Havana, Cuba and bought the Finca Vigía with Martha.
On Sept. 3, 1939, Ernest Hemingway told Pauline he was leaving her for Martha Gellhorn.
Hemingway, having achieved literary fame, goes to report on the Spanish Civil War.
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