In this installment of “Let’s Go Back: Stories from the Clarke Historical Library” we take a look back at a young Ernest Hemingway and his summers spent on Walloon Lake in Northern Michigan. Between 1899 and 1919, the Hemingway family would spend time each summer at their cabin on Walloon Lake in Northern Michigan. The Hemingway’s named this modest cabin “Windemere” and it was their getaway from the hustle and bustle of Oak Park. “Ernie” would spend his days hunting, fishing, and taking nature walks lead by his father. Ernest Hemingway’s time as a young man traversing the wilds of Northern Michigan had an immense impact on his life and work. Eventually, he would take those experiences and write about them in “The Nick Adam’s Stories.” However, Hemingway would claim until his dying day that he didn’t base the character of Nick Adams on himself, even though there were striking similarities between the author and his character.
