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Leicester Hemingway

Throwback Thursday—Contents of a country: Leicester Hemingway’s Republic of New Atlantis

July 30, 2015 - Harry Ransom Center

New Atlantis stamp from 1964 for 100 Centes, honoring Lyndon Johnson, "Protector of the entire free world." New Atlantis collection.

This month 51 years ago, the younger brother of Ernest Hemingway staked a claim to a small piece of land off the Jamaican coast, creating a new currency, flag and government for the fledgling nation of New Atlantis, many artifacts of which are now held at the Ransom Center. This post originally appeared in our July 2007 edition of the Ransom Center’s eNews. 

Leicester (pronounced “Lester”) Hemingway is known to history principally for three things [Read more…] about Throwback Thursday—Contents of a country: Leicester Hemingway’s Republic of New Atlantis

Filed Under: Authors, Research + Teaching Tagged With: Ernest Hemingway, Guano Acts, Jamaica, Leicester Hemingway, New Atlantis

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