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Moveable Feast 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 Summerguide 2 0 1 4 1 8 5 Moveable Feast 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.” Another adventure Peirce and Heming- property of 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 1 8 6 p o r t l a n d m o n t H ly magazine Ogunquit Art Association It was true Maine’s Oldest Artists’ Group and it was good. and it was time Andrew Wyeth: for another daiquiri. The Linda L. Bean Collection June 26- Oct. 31 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 allery; time magazine, the quickly responded, ‘It’s Waldo.’” our permanent collection g Ask about our workshops Bourne Lane at Shore Rd iros l carlos baker Ogunquit, Maine 543 Shore Road, Ogunquit, ME 207-646-8400 207-646-4909 hat better way to understand www.ogunquitartassociation.comBarreled Souls ad 2014.pdf 1 6/10/2014 4:45:41 PM usuem of art; the exacting genius of Heming- m W way’s only authorized biogra- pher than to talk to his prize pupil at Princ- ortland p eton, A. Scott Berg? Reached in California, Berg, a National Book Award Winner him- self 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 as- sistants and no secretaries. residential p FK J Why did Hemingway, with so many scholars to choose from, pick Baker, sight unseen, as his autho- rized biographer? I believe that while Hemingway had not kwise from left: C seen Carlos Baker, he had seen his work. Clo Mary Hemingway–Papa’s fourth wife and Summerguide 2 0 1 4 1 8 7 Moveable Feast widow–told me that Hemingway, who did not care for literary criticism, thought Bak- er’s was the best that had been written about New Brew Pub him. But, indeed, they never met. Did Baker’s native Maine ever come up during your at Carlos Baker’s chats with him? Maine didn’t come up often…[but] it did come up. He periodically talked about the House in Saco beauty of the place, and it was definitely part of his DNA. I once asked him about his first name, if he had some Portuguese or Span- Even Baker’s house is a moveable feast. It was here that the writer grew up and here where he lived when he was ish fishermen or something in his ancestry; an English instructor and track coach at nearby Thornton Academy. When the Wendy’s fast-food restaurant was built and he said no–that it was common practice on Route 1, it displaced the Baker home to its present location at 743 Portland Road in Saco, half a mile north. in New England, where there were so many common surnames, for parents to give their children uncommon first names. “All good boys love their sisters, But so good have I grown That I love other boys’ sisters As well as my own.” –Carlos Baker, Class of 1926, Thornton Academy What’s your favorite story about him? I never took a class with Carlos Baker. He was my thesis adviser–starting unofficially with me my sophomore year, then supervis- ing my junior papers, and, finally, oversee- “i just bought the house because that are completely unexplained.” ing my senior thesis on Max Perkins, which my lease was up and i wanted to maybe somebody tossing one became my first book. In that capacity, most be closer to the beach,” says at- back with Hemingway’s ghost? of our time was spent “after school”–always torney gary Prolman. “i fell in love “From what gary’s told me, the one on one–sometime between four in the with it the first time i saw it. i think supernatural occurrences are doors afternoon and five-thirty or six, at which the house was built in 1913. after i closing, stuff moving around at din- time he would walk home.