Listen as the memorable character Nick Adams, whom critics say is Hemingway's alter ego, grows from child to adolescent to soldier, veteran, writer, and parent. One of the writer's themes in his novels and stories focused on what it is to be a man – and the process of becoming a man. "Keach expertly illuminates the way Hemingway's simple prose expresses something deeper... These stories are familiar to many, but Keach's fresh reading is superb."—AudioFile