Ernest Hemingway penned The Old Man and the Sea here, and visitors can tour his nearby home.

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The book was The Old Man and the Sea, published first in a single issue of Life magazine.

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The Old Man and the Sea is a local hangout and a delicious option for lunch or dinner.

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Charlton Heston again, and a section from The Old Man and the Sea.

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So he was trying to make a comeback with The Old Man and the Sea, and the book, in fact, was a tremendous success.

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Fifty-four years ago today, Ernest Hemingway wrote his editor at Scribner's that The Old Man and the Sea was the best he could write ever.

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Huntley chose, in this country ripped apart by war, a simple story that resonated with her students: Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea.

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And in The Old Man and the Sea the sharks seem to represent not only sharks but also the critics, who had recently attacked him over his last book.

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