For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway flew to Spain in 1937 for the North American Newspaper Alliance to chronicle the civil war there. Three years later he finished For Whom the Bell Tolls the best novel to come from the good battle. It relates the narrative of Robert Jordan a young American in the International Brigades attached to an antifascist guerilla force in the Spanish highlands of devotion and heroism love and defeat and the tragic end of an ideal. In his portrayal of Jordans love for the lovely Maria as well as his excellent narrative of El Sordos final stand....See More