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The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber

The short story “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” by Ernest Hemingway was first published in 1936.  Francis Macomber and his wife Margot are on safari in Africa.  While on a lion hunt with Robert Wilson, a professional hunter and guide, Macomber shows cowardice by running from a lion he has wounded. 

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

• PS3515 .E37

Circulating Books – A Selected List

•  Benson, Jackson J. (ed.).  The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway:  Critical Essays.  1975.

                        Call Number:  PS3515 .E37 Z8274

• Bloom, Harold (ed.).  Ernest Hemingway.  1985.

                         Call Number:  PS3515 .E37 Z5865 1985

• Flora, Joseph M.  Ernest Hemingway:  A Study of the Short Fiction.  1989.

                          Call Number:  PS3515 .E37 Z5938 1989

•  Hemingway, Ernest.  The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway.

                         Call Number:  PS3515 .E37 A15 1998

• Roberts, James L. Hemingway's Short Stories.  2000.

                        Call Number:  PS3515 .E37 Z761 2000

• Young, Philip.  Ernest Hemingway:  A Reconsideration.  1966a.

                        Call Number:  PS3515 .E37 Z982 1966a

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms

• Hemingway, Ernest
• Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber

Reference Materials

• Contemporary Literary Criticism – Call Number:  REF PN771 .C59

o   Vol. 3, pg. 233-34

o   Vol. 8, pg. 283

o   Vol. 10, pg. 264

o   Vol. 13, pg. 277-78

o   Vol. 19, pg. 212

o   Vol. 30, pg. 184

o   Vol. 39, pg. 430-31

o   Vol. 41, pg. 203, 205

o   Vol. 50, pg. 424, 427, 429-31

o   Vol. 80, pg. 141

• Critical Survey of Short Fiction. 2^nd Revised Ed.  – Call Number: REF PN3321 .C7 2001

o   Pg. 1176

• Masterplots II: Short Story Series (Revised Edition) – Call Number: REF PN3326 .M27 2004

o   Vol. 6, pg. 3656-58

• Short Story Criticism – Call Number:  PN3321 .S5

o   Vol. 1, pg. 217, 230, 232, 234

o   Vol. 25, pg. 79-80, 87, 89, 92, 97, 99-100, 102

o   Vol. 36, pg. 251

o   Vol. 40, pg. 155, 191, 208-09, 214-15

o   Vol. 63, pg. 100-02

• Short Stories for Students – Call Number: REF PN3330 .S386

o   Vol. 1, pg. 211-27

• Smith, Paul. A Reader’s Guide to the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway.  1989.

                            Call Number:  REF PS3515 .E37 Z864 1989

Research Databases

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• Academic Search Complete
• JSTOR
• Literature Resources from Gale

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Last Revised on November 21, 2021