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PatrickHemingwayattendstheshowabouthisfamouswriterfather,Ernest,inBoston,Massachusetts,onApril12,2016.(APPhoto/StevenSenne)

ThenovelistErnestHemingwaywrote47possibleendingstohisbook"AFarewelltoArms."EightofthemarepartofanewshowattheJohnF.KennedyPresidentialLibraryinBoston,Massachusetts.TheendingthatHemingwayfinallychoseisalsotheretosee.

PatrickHemingwayisthewriter’sonlysurvivingchild.Thisweek,hevisitedthelibraryshow.Hesaidtheexhibitshowshowhardhisfatherworked.

Hesaid,"Healwaysfeltresponsibleforbeingwheretheactionwas.Alotofwritersjustretiretotheirroomsanddescribetheirchildhood.Hedidn'tdothat."

TheKennedyLibraryholdstheworld'slargestcollectionofdocuments,photographsandpersonalbelongingsofthefamouswriter.LibraryCuratorStaceyBredhoffdescribestheHemingwaycollectionasoneofthelibrary's"greatesttreasures."

Theshowiscalled"ErnestHemingway:BetweenTwoWars."Itincludesmaterialrarelyshowninpublic.TheMorganLibrary&MuseuminNewYorkCityalsopresentedtheshowlastautumn.

HemingwayandKennedynevermet.However,Kennedylikedthewriter’swork.KennedywrotetoHemingwayforpermissiontousethenovelist’sexpression"graceunderpressure."HemingwaywastoosicktoacceptaninvitationtoKennedy’sinaugurationinJanuaryof1961.Thewriterkilledhimselflaterthatyear.

TheshowalsoincludesHemingway'sfirstshortstory.Itwaspublishedin1917inahighschoolmagazine.VisitorscanalsoseelettersbetweenHemingwayandotherwritersatthetime.

PatrickHemingwaypraisedtheshow."Iamverypleasedthattheywereabletoputtogetherinmylifetimeaverycomprehensivepictureofapersonwhoreallyrepresentedverywellthefirsthalfofthe20thcentury,''hesaid.

ErnestHemingwayfledFincaVigia,hishomeinCuba,atthetimeofFidelCastro'srevolution.Thewriterleftmuchofallheownedontheisland.

Afterthewriterdied,PresidentKennedysoughtCuba’spermissionforHemingway'swife,Mary,tovisittheislandandcollectthebelongings.AfishingboattransportedthepropertyfromHavanatoFlorida.

MaryHemingwayestablishedarelationshipwithKennedy’swife,Jacqueline,afterPresidentKennedywasmurderedin1963.Theylaterdecidedtokeepthewriter’sCubacollectionattheKennedylibrary.

PatrickHemingwaynowlivesinBozeman,Montana.Butheisrepresentedintheshow.Aphotographshowshimandhisfatheronadeepseafishingboat.FishingwasoneofErnestHemingway'sgreatloves.

"Heworkedveryhardinthemorningbutheneverworkedintheafternoon.Hehadagreatlife,''PatrickHemingwaysaidofhisfather.

WordsinThisStory

novelist–n.awriteroffictionbooks

curator–n.apersonwhoisinchargeofthethingsinamuseum,zoo,etc

grace–n.acontrolled,polite,andpleasantwayofbehaving

draft­–n.aversionofsomething(suchasadocument)thatyoumakebeforeyoumakethefinalversion

stationery­–n.paperthatisusedforwritinglettersandthatusuallyhasmatchingenvelopes

comprehensive–adj.includingmany,most,orallthings