Ernest Hemingway’s Short Stories: Vol I
19 min readMar 14, 2023
“I had to leave…”
The Old Man at the Bridge
A Short Story from 1938
“Did you leave the cage door open?”
Over the last years I have written a good many pieces about Ernest Hemingway, including a play, and will never grow tired of doing so, for I believe him to be at the very heart of American culture…