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Ernest Hemingway and Mary Welsh Survive Two Plane Crashes

Season 1 Episode 3 | 3m 07s

In the summer of 1953, Ernest and Mary were involved in two plane crashes in two days while in Africa. Following the first accident, word had spread that the writer died, many publications prematurely publishing his obituary before the couple finally arrived at their destination of Entebbe. Though both were injured, Hemingway suffered yet another traumatic brain injury with a fractured skull.

Corporate funding for HEMINGWAY was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by the Annenberg Foundation, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, and by ‘The Better Angels Society,’ and its members John & Leslie McQuown, the Elizabeth Ruth Wallace Living Trust, John & Catherine Debs, The Fullerton Family Charitable Trust, the Kissick Family Foundation, Gail M. Elden, Gilchrist & Amy Berg, Robert & Beverly Grappone, Mauree Jane & Mark Perry; and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.
Extras
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick uncover the man behind the myth.
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explore the writer and his enduring influence.
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explore the writer and his enduring influence.
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein on producing their latest documentary.
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on why they chose to explore the complex and iconic writer.
Hemingway writes The Old Man and the Sea but is overcome by mental illness.
Hemingway, having achieved literary fame, goes to report on the Spanish Civil War.
Hemingway moves to Paris and finds success with his second novel, A Farewell to Arms.
A Q&A with Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, Terry Tempest Williams and Jenny Emery Davidson.
A Q&A event with Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, Lesley Blume, Patt Morrison and Rachel Kushner.