Strange Tribe
Subtitle: A Family Memoir
Publisher: The Lyons Press, an imprint of the Globe Pequot Press
Published: May 1, 2007
Place of publication: Guilford, CT
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781599211121
Subjects: Biography: general; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; English; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; 1960-; 20th century; Authors, American; Biography; Family relationships; Hemingway, John Patrick,
Description: This memoir reveals the peculiar dynamics between Ernest Hemingway and his youngest son, Gregory, the author's father. Gregory tried to live up to Ernest's macho reputation--yet as a cross-dresser and (ultimately) a transsexual, Gregory was obsessed with his "female half," and he struggled with personal demons until his death. The media called Gregory the "black sheep" of the Hemingway family--but his son wasn't so sure. Here he reveals how Ernest himself felt a special kinship with Gregory, and how the two men (who both suffered from bipolar illness and shared a fascination with androgyny) were actually two sides of the same coin, and that Gregory best exemplified Ernest's ideal of grace under pressure. This is also John's own story of what it was like growing up with his father and his schizophrenic mother, and how he ultimately fled the burden of the Hemingway name and family history.--From publisher description.
Table of contents: title: Memories; title: Bad beginnings; title: Getting to know him; title: My parents : The odd couple; title: If the shoe fits; title: Similarities; title: Les and Doris; title: Fort Benton; title: Los Angeles; title: Rewriting the past; title: The falling out; title: The Wilderness; title: Reconciliation; title: End game; title: Epilogue