Under Kilimanjaro
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Under Kilimanjaro is a non-fiction novel by Ernest Hemingway
(July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961), edited and published posthumously by Robert W. Lewis and Robert E. Fleming
. It is based upon journals that he wrote while he was on his last safari. It is a longer and re-edited version of True at First Light
.
True at First Light
was published in 1999. The book is a presented as a "fictional memoir". Six years later the work was republished a second time as Under Kilimanjaro. The work is based on a partially written manuscript, and is about Hemingway's second trip to Africa. Under Kilimanjaro was edited by Robert W. Lewis and Robert E. Fleming who state: “this book deserves as complete and faithful a publication as possible without editorial distortion, speculation, or textually unsupported attempts at improvement.”
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economic and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the...
(July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961), edited and published posthumously by Robert W. Lewis and Robert E. Fleming
Robert E. Fleming
Robert Edward Fleming was born in 1936. He is an American literary scholar known for his work involving Ernest Hemingway. He is a professor emeritus of English at the University of New Mexico. In 2005 he co-edited Robert Edward Fleming was born in 1936. He is an American literary scholar known...
. It is based upon journals that he wrote while he was on his last safari. It is a longer and re-edited version of True at First Light
True at First Light
thumb|250px|alt = bookcover showing a photograph of Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background and a green plain in the foreground | [[First edition]] cover of True at First Light, published 1999...
.
True at First Light
True at First Light
thumb|250px|alt = bookcover showing a photograph of Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background and a green plain in the foreground | [[First edition]] cover of True at First Light, published 1999...
was published in 1999. The book is a presented as a "fictional memoir". Six years later the work was republished a second time as Under Kilimanjaro. The work is based on a partially written manuscript, and is about Hemingway's second trip to Africa. Under Kilimanjaro was edited by Robert W. Lewis and Robert E. Fleming who state: “this book deserves as complete and faithful a publication as possible without editorial distortion, speculation, or textually unsupported attempts at improvement.”