ABSTRACT: This study explores Ernest Hemingway’s household finances through his handwritten checkbook preserved at the Hemingway Museum in Havana. While Hemingway is often depicted as a bold adventurer, his financial records reveal a meticulous approach to managing income, taxation, and support for dependents. By analyzing checkbook entries from 1946–1949, this paper examines Hemingway’s financial prudence and its reflection in Islands in the Stream . The study also contextualizes Hemingway’s taxation strategies and monetary obligations, challenging the prevailing image of his extravagance. Ultimately, it highlights how Hemingway’s financial situation influenced his literary themes and the autobiographical elements in his fiction.
Hideo Yanagisawa (Sun,) studied this question.