Old Man and the Sea Before the Civil War

Before the Civil War

After exposing the toxicity of ambition

Willa Knox and her husband followed all the rules as responsible parents and professionals

Agatha Christie's beloved character returns to the page for a globe-trotting tour of crime and detection

Old Man and the Sea Before the Civil WarThe last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, "The Old Man and the Sea" has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Using the simple. powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from loss and transforms