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- ↑ "An Interview with the General Editor of The Letters of Ernest Hemingway | fifteeneightyfour". Cambridgeblog.org. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
- ↑ Howard, Jennifer (2011-10-10). "Hemingway's Newly Released Letters Cast Author in New Light - Research - The Chronicle of Higher Education". Chronicle.com. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
- ↑ "The Letters of Ernest Hemingway - Volume 6 - 1934–1936". Cambridge University Press. Archived from the original on 17 February 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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