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- Title
Fish Tale: A History of the L. C. Bates Museum Marlin, Taxidermist Fred C. N. Parke, and Ernest Hemingway.
- Authors
Beegel, Susan F.
- Abstract
The L. C. Bates Museum in Hinckley, Maine owns a twelve-foot marlin caught by Ernest Hemingway in 1935 and taxidermed by Fred C. N. Parke, then America's pre-eminent taxidermist of saltwater game fish. This essay asks why. A look at Parke's early career sketches the milieu of millionaire sportsmen and museum collectors Hemingway encountered when he began deepsea fishing at Key West. Hemingway's taxidermy purchases illuminate not only his passion for saltwater angling and museum collecting, but his eventual alienation from their moneyed circles. In 1935, Hemingway not only abandoned his marlin, but also competitive deep-sea fishing, collecting for the Academy of Natural Sciences, and a book on saltwater fishing. For both men, the story of their marlin is one of professional triumph, disaster, and perseverance towards a lasting legacy.
- Subjects
UNITED States; HEMINGWAY, Ernest, 1899-1961; AMERICAN authors; SALTWATER fishing; TAXIDERMY; MARLINS; MUSEUMS
- Publication
Hemingway Review, 2018, Vol 38, Issue 1, p22
- ISSN
0276-3362
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/hem.2018.0020