"The collection of more than 100 unpublished letters, notes and telegrams — written primarily to his parents and favorite sister Madelaine ( "Sunny" ) Hemingway and postmarked from such places as Milan, Key West, Pamplona, Bimini and Cuba — spans 40 years of Hemingway's life, commented William Joyce, head of Penn State’s Special Collections Library, 'The acquisition of family letters of Ernest Hemingway shows us a side of him that the public rarely saw — a devoted and dutiful son and an affectionate and attentive brother. It shows the multifaceted relationships he had with all his family members, and deepens and enriches our understanding of Hemingway’s family ties.'"

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