Michigan held a special place in Ernest Hemingway's heart. He fished and hunted with his father in its northern woods. He spent summers at the family cottage on Walloon Lake. In 1921, he was even married at Horton Bay.

In his new book, Picturing Hemingway's Michigan, Michael Federspiel explores Hemingway's Michigan years and how they influenced his literature, particularly the Nick Adams stories. As the title suggests, Picturing Hemingway's Michigan is also a pictorial retrospective. The book contains well over 250 photos courtesy of the Ernest Hemingway Collection at the JFK Library in Boston, MA and Hemingway family members.

Federspiel concludes: "Ernest Hemingway never really did leave northern Michigan. Instead, he carried it with him and gifted it to the rest of the world." You can learn more about Picturing Hemingway's Michigan at the publisher's web site.