In an age of endless words, Hemingway wrote with a rifleman’s precision. Here’s how. He didn’t waste ink. He stripped sentences down to their bare bones and nerves. His sentences were clean, sharp, ...

THE Hemingways sailed for Europe on December 8, 1921, armed with letters of introduction from Sherwood Anderson, who spoke of Hemingway as “a young fellow of extraordinary talent.” He did not hesitate ...