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Jan272014January 27, 2014May 12, 2014by Adam Long

Arkansas’ Mississippi River Delta

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arkansas-mississippi-river-delta-Hemingway-Pfeiffer-Museum-deskIn the trucktrend.com travel article, Arkansas’ Mississippi River Delta, the Truck Trend staff write about their Mississippi River Delta tourism excursion, taken via a Chevy Silverado, which included stops at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum, the boyhood home of Johnny Cash, the Rohwer Relocation Center, and the Lakeport Plantation, among others. The travel article is accompanied by an extensive Travel Photo Gallery which contains photos of all the sites they visited. To view the article, please click here.


Nov152013November 15, 2013May 12, 2014by Adam Long

Talented Participants Complete 2013 Hemingway-Pfeiffer Fall Writers’ Retreat

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The 2013 Hemingway-Pfeiffer Fall Writers’ Retreat has come to a close. Eight talented writers from five states traveled to Piggott for the Retreat at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum. The next retreat is April 10-12, 2014, with Roland Mann serving as the mentor. Further information about the Retreat is contained in the A-State news article, Talented Participants Complete 2013 Hemingway-Pfeiffer Fall Writers’ Retreat. For the original article, please click here.


Nov072013November 7, 2013May 12, 2014by Adam Long

Thompson Honored, Announces Grant for HPMEC

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Hemingway-Pfeiffer Funding

In the Clay County Times-Democrat article, Thompson Honored, Announces Grant for HPMEC, the check presentation ceremony held at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum to celebrate the grant obtained for the Museum through the efforts of Senator Robert Thompson of Paragould is discussed. At the ceremony, Senator Thompson stated that, “I think the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center is the perfect convergence of education, economic development and tourism—and it is so important to Piggott and Clay County.” To read the article, please click here.

Nov042013November 4, 2013May 12, 2014by Adam Long

Sen. Robert Thompson Presents $100,000 Check Toward Hemingway-Pfeiffer Project

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Hemingway-Pfeiffer Funding

Senator Robert Thompson has secured legislative funding in the amount of $100,000 for the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center. The check was presented to Arkansas State University officials at a ceremony on November 4, 2013, held at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum. Senator Thompson has been a great advocate for Arkansas State University, working with other senators and legislators over the past six years, he has secured more than three million for the Arkansas Heritage Sites program. Further details are provided in the A-State news article, Sen. Robert Thompson Presents $100,000 Check Toward Hemingway-Pfeiffer Project. To read the article, please click here.

Jun052012June 5, 2012May 12, 2014by Adam Long

University of Arkansas Press Publishes Biography of Ernest Hemingway’s Second Wife

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The University of Arkansas Press has published Unbelievable Happiness and Final Sorrow: The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Marriage, by Dr. Ruth Hawkins. Paul Hendrickson, author of Hemingway’s Boat, said, “No one in America knows more about the Pfeiffer family and the crucial Hemingway-Pfeiffer marriage than Ruth A. Hawkins. The book she offers represents years of close scholarship and is told with respect, literary grace, and blunt honesty.” More information is provided in the University of Arkansas news item, University of Arkansas Press Publishes Biography of Ernest Hemingway’s Second Wife. To read the article, please click here.


May182011May 18, 2011May 12, 2014by Adam Long

Restoring Tradition of Quail Hunting

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The New York Times article, Restoring the Tradition of Quail Hunting, discusses the ecological issues preventing quail populations from returning to healthy numbers. Ernest Hemingway’s love of quail hunting is also mentioned. While in Piggott visiting the Pfeiffers with his wife Pauline, Hemingway picked up the hobby and is said to have enjoyed it immensely. To view the article, please click here.


Jul022009July 2, 2009September 9, 2014by Adam Long

No ‘Farewell’: Hemingway lives on Ark. town

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In recognition of the 80th anniversary of A Farewell to Arms, the Today.com article, No ‘Farewell’: Hemingway Lives on in Ark. Town, explores the role that the Pfeiffers and their home in Piggott played in the writing of A Farewell to Arms and in Hemingway’s career in general. To view the article, please click here.