39th Annual Hemingway Days

Did you know that America’s literary giant, Ernest Hemingway, spent most of the 1930’s living and writing on the island of Key West? Ernest Hemingway wrote many of his best-known works in the second-story studio he lived in during his time on the island. This event brings in Ernest Hemingway look-alikes, writers, anglers and fans of the late author’s work together on Key West. One of the most noteworthy events in the look-alike contest, in which hundreds of white-bearded, cocktail slinging Papa Hemingway doppelgangers ham it up for the crowd, then take to Duval Street for a mock bull run.

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