Eventually, Bill got old and died. He just couldn’t help it. Didn’t make it to 138. In the long run, I think I failed him as a friend. At one point, when he knew he was getting downright ancient, he asked my wife and me to come live on...
Oct242013
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Oct132013
Bill Lederer Meets Hemingway
This third post about William Lederer relates one of Bill’s most charming tales: his writing tutelage under Ernest Hemingway. The basic facts are verifiable: Yes, Bill did spend time in 1940 and 1941 on a gunboat in the Yangtze River, and during that period Hemingway did indeed accompany his...
Oct022013
Meeting Bill Lederer 1
I can’t resist writing about Bill Lederer as the first installment of my series on Meetings With Remarkable People. In 1975, or around then, I was living in Plainfield, Vermont, and eking out a living by various means, including teaching classical guitar. It was my first full winter in...