Most scholars call him the greatest American writer of the 20th century. Some even go as far as saying that he was the greatest American writer ever. What do we really know about him? We know that he was a philandering, macho drunk with a temper, whose new kind of direct prose set him apart from the pack. But what made him that way? What made him tick? Let's trace back the steps of Ernest …showed first 75 words of 1513 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1513 total…been published posthumously. His works have been adapted to the big screen over 30 times and Hemingway himself has been a character in several films and TV events, most famously in 1996's In Love and War, starring Chris O'Donnell as Ernie Hemingway and Sandra Bullock as his first love, Agnes von Kurowsky. In addition, dozens of books have been written about him, which is proof enough that the legacy of Ernest Hemingway is here to stay.