The Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
One of America’s most famous authors, Ernest Hemingway owned this home from 1931 until his suicide in 1961. Whilst living here he wrote such famous works as “A Farewell To Arms” and “To Have And Have Not” although his short story best known to all anglers “The Old Man And The Sea” was actually written whilst he was living in Cuba. Whilst he lived in Key West, Hemingway spent many days and weeks hunting the giant tuna and marlin that inhabit these waters. The Hemingway Home & Museum is home to approximately 60 cats. About half of the cats are polydactil which means that they have six toes on their front feet. Hemingway was given a six toed cat by a ship’s captain and it is believed that many of the cats that live in the museum grounds are descendants of that original cat.