Ernest Hemingway Selected Letter (1917-1961) will present the most interesting letter writer ever.As one of the most known writers of all Nobel Prize winners in the century, the public image and legendary life of Hemingway have long been known by his works, but the unfamiliar private letters have made a new Hemingway emerge.Carols Baker, a Hemingway researcher, picked up nearly 600 letters from the more than 40 years from 18 years old to the death of Hemingway. From the "e;private"e; language of his writings, Hemingway frankly revealed himself to various people, including his family, friends, enemies, editors, and almost all of the famous writers at the time. The letters recorded all aspects of his life and writing career, thus calling him the most interesting letter writer of all time.The letters selected by Ernest Hemingway Selected Letter (1917-1961) not only recorded the turning points of the writer's life, but also showed his character and wisdom, and his special hobby of hunting, fishing and eating, etc.These letters are pleasing and straightforward; some express his own writing and reading views; some criticize the works of friends or enemies; and some talk about women, soldiers, politicians, and boxers.The revealed humour and wildness greatly outnumber his works. The book is called an unconventional autobiography.The international and social events, as well as the famous artists and writers depicted in the book have recorded the international and artistic images of an era.These letters not only become the guide and reading enjoyment of the general readers, but also provide the original documents for the people who seriously study literature for the life and achievement of one of the giants of the American literary in the twentieth century.