Key West, Fl March 21, 2009
It's been a long time since anyone has banged out a letter or a story on one of these. Remember what a pain it was to delete and correct text ? I'm surprised that white-out is still for sale. Those were the good old days, huh ?? Not really. Personal computers have turned typewriters into obsolete museum grade relics. However, this one doesn't sit in the Smithsonian it resides on an old table in Ernest Hemingway's house in Key West. The Nobel and Pulitzer prize winner composed many a story and novel on this ancient machine.
"By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death...and let it go which way it will, he that dies this year is quit for the next." (one of his favorite Shakespeare quotes). The year was 1961 when he paid his debt to God. For more about Hemingway go to ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway
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