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Waldo Peirce an art c gunquit museum of ameri O ourtesy of the c ile photo; F Carlos Baker an art; c hives of ameri c domain; ar c Three Mainers share an extraordinary connection to famous novelist Ernest Hemingway. by colin W. Sargent hat’s it take to be one of Papa’s pals? It doesn’t hurt if you’re from Maine. Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), Waldo Peirce (1884-1970), and Henry Strater (1896- kwise from left: publi c 1987) knew how to drink and get crazy together. For Pulitzer-prizewinning biog-

Clo W rapher Carlos Baker (1909-1987), craziness was a different country. Henry Strater

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ning of the bulls at Pamplona that would in- spire The Sun Also Rises, Peirce was there, om too, capturing the event with a smashing oil c that is now in the collection of Portland Mu- ommon.

seum of Art. The burly, bearded Peirce and c mustached Hemingway appear in the crowd (circled in painting, left)–just a couple of ex- pats during the dawn of the Lost Genera- tion. Laughing and pointing, the friends seem truly happy in the maelstrom.

Hemingway so admired Peirce’s work allery; time magazine, the and lust for life he lavishly praised him in G iros extended quotes to Esquire contributor L Harry Salpeter in a 1936 story, “Rabelais in a Smock.” Peirce seconded that emotion. Accord- usuem of art; ing to Gallagher, “When Hemingway’s face M graced the cover of Time in 1937–he had just ortland

published To Have and Have Not–the maga- P zine used a Peirce portrait of his friend hold- ing a fishing pole, eyes focused on the line.”

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way shared was catching a green sea tur- tion; tle together. Not only do turtles surface in c The Old Man and the Sea, Hemingway also commemorated the event in “On Being Shot Again: A Gulf Stream Letter” in Esquire. “… ernest hemingway Colle E

Hemingway (left) and buddy Waldo Peirce (right) compare catches off Key West. oston, B useum in

Waldo Peirce M This wealthy free spirit came from a lum- in time to appear in court and save Reed bering family in Bangor. After graduat- from being charged with his murder.” ibrary and ing from Harvard, he and fellow Crimson After earning his chops in Paris at Aca- L alum John Reed (played by Warren Beat- démie Julian, Peirce slipped into a 1915 ty in Reds) hopped a steamer to England, show in “New York City…displaying his residential P

“but Peirce changed his mind…he jumped work alongside that of George Bellows, John FK from the vessel as it was leaving Boston har- Sloan, and Edward Hopper.” J bor and swam [according to legend, several Like Hemingway, Peirce became an am- miles] ashore,” writes Dr. William Gallagh- bulance driver during World War I. “He was er, of Bangor, a Hemingway Society mem- awarded the Croix de guerre for conspicuous kwise from left: ber, in Harvard Magazine. Stealing aboard bravery at Verdun.” c another ship, Peirce reached London “just In 1919, when Hemingway saw the run- Clo

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it was a pretty day. We had sighted a green turtle scudding under the surface and were om c rigging a harpoon to strike him…” “Ascent” Elizabeth Kelley The camaraderie between the two ami- ommon. c gos spanned decades and continents, from Exhibitions at Europe to the Caribbean. Gallagher, who’s Barn Gallery embarked on a study of Peirce and Heming- Summer shows way, writes, “Hemingway once asked his May 21, June 25, Aug 6, Sept 11 WISHBONE , 2001 watercolor © Andrew Wyeth young son Jack, ‘Who is the greatest man ART AUCTION AUGUST 2 you know?’–expecting to hear ‘Papa.’ Jack Auction preview July 29 - Aug 2 And over 2,000 works in

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usuem of art; the exacting genius of Heming- M W way’s only authorized biographer than to talk to his prize pupil at Princ- ortland

P eton, A. Scott Berg? Reached in California, Berg, a National Book Award Winner himself for Max Perkins and a Pulitzer winner property of for Lindbergh, has recently released a new

tion; biography, Wilson. The New York Times c praises Wilson for Berg’s “novelist’s eye for the striking detail, and the vivid prose style.” Following is an interview with Berg

on why Carlos Baker is his hero. C

M How does your approach to Woodrow Wilson’s ernest hemingway Colle E life differ from the way Carlos Baker approached Y

Hemingway? CM oston, B My methodology on Wilson hardly differed MY from Baker’s. It was one note card at a time CY useum in

M and one page at a time. The internet affords the opportunity to make a quick check on CMY some general things; but, like Baker, I relied K ibrary and L almost entirely on primary sources. Also like Baker, I work by myself–no research assistants and no secretaries. residential P

FK J Why did Hemingway, with so many scholars to choose from, pick Baker, sight unseen, as his authorized biographer? I believe that while Hemingway had not kwise from left: c seen Carlos Baker, he had seen his work.

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offering me work. But, they said, I would have to leave school right away. I discussed that with my parents (who were not exactly thrilled to hear all this), and they suggested I discuss my situation with Professor Bak- er. I did, and he told me he thought it would be a huge mistake for me to leave school, especially when I had such a promising idea for a thesis–and book. “You were the star of the Triangle show this year,” he said to me. “Why don’t you become the star of the Eng- lish Department next year?” He urged me to quit the club and devote myself to the the- Because music is forever. sis/book. Had I not followed his advice, I think I might very well have had an acting career…and this week, I would probably be performing in a dinner theater in Canton, Ohio, playing in Man of La Mancha. • Piano Sales • Keyboard New & Used Encounters Adult Do you think digital data is changing things for biog- Acoustic & Digital Piano Group Class raphers? Always wanted • Piano Rentals I think Baker would welcome information to play the piano? Short& Long Term in any form, but I don’t think he would trust Now is the time!! • Piano Service it. As I don’t either. It’s one of the reasons we • Piano Moving both work without assistants. We both had/ 500 Forest Avenue • Portland • 775-2733 • Monday-Friday 10-6 • Saturday 10-5 • StarbirdMusic.com have the need to find and process all the in-

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to Tom Jenks after his edit of The Garden of Eden [an unfinished novel in Hemingway’s notes from 1946, published posthumously and controversially in 1986]? I think he might have said that the book should not be published–which is something Baker had said to me in the early ’70s. He said that if Hemingway had wanted to Maine’s Best publish it, he would have. Auction Tell us about Baker’s last work, a biography manu- Experience! script on Emerson. Baker’s Emerson Among The Eccentrics was “What an published, completed by James R. Mellow. interesting auction! The book was pretty far along when Bak- It was fun and I got just er died. The beginning appears to be somewhat I wanted.” what truncated, suggesting that he might have added more at the front; and, as I recall Judy Johnson, Northport (I haven’t looked at it in a while), it wasn’t fully realized in the end. But it’s still a wonderful book, giving a rather complete picture of Emersovn and his world. APPRAISALS | CONSIGNMENTS | HOUSE CALLS If you were to write Carlos Baker’s biography, how 51 Atlantic Highway (US Route 1), Thomaston, Maine • 207.354.8141 would you open the narrative? And how would you [email protected] • THOMASTONAUCTION.COM rate his novels and poetry? I would probably open in a classroom…or in a one-on-one conference with a student in his Crack Open sweet-smelling office–for teaching was both The Perfect his passion and his strength. I think liter- Evening ary criticism and biography were his métiers more than fiction or prose, which seemed–to me, anyway–to lack the passion he brought to his other writings.

If you were given the Hemingway assignment today, and his authorized bio had never been published before, what different path would you take? I would completely immerse myself in Hemingway’s writings, study every primary-source document I could get my hands on, and talk to every living person who knew Hemingway that I could. In other words, I’d do exactly what Carlos Baker did. Being a friend and disciple of Carlos Bak- er remains one of the great pleasures and honors of my life–which he changed. Pride Of The Marsh and Wells Harbor Shortly after Carlos retired, I asked if he Best Fish Sandwich “Favorite Lobster Roll” “Best of New England” might send me a picture of himself. He was - Coastal Living - AFAR magazine - Yankee Magazine somewhat reluctant, but his wife, Dorothy, complied–sending a wonderful shot of him at his last graduation, in full academic rega- lia, acknowledging the crowd. It has hung over my desk–wherever I have lived–for the last thirty-five years. Baker’s Hemingway: a Life Story (Scribners 1969) is at the core of any library collection.

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