Certainly agree with you on Baker. IMO on of the few of Hem's biographers not tinted in professional jealousy. I also believe your comment correct in that RR helped launch Shelby's career, whereas Hem's account was met with some distaste; more professional jealousy imo. Funny, I can't remember any of Hemingway's critics of now or the period, but live with Hemingway's accounts.

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