{"product_id":"double-edged-sword-the-many-lives-of-hemingways-friend-the-american-matador-sidney-franklin-9780803211292","title":"Double-Edged Sword: The Many Lives of Hemingway's Friend, the American Matador Sidney Franklin","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSidney Franklin (1903-76) was the last person you'd expect to become a bullfighter. The streetwise son of a Russian Jewish cop, Sidney had an all-American boyhood in early twentieth-century Brooklyn--while hiding the fact that he was gay. A violent confrontation with his father sent him packing to Mexico City, where first he opened a business, then he opened his mouth--bragging that Americans had the courage to become bullfighters. Training with iconic matador Rodolfo Gaona, Sidney's dare spawned a legend. Following years in small-town Mexican bullrings, he put his moxie where his mouth was, taking Spain by storm as the first American matador. Sidney's 1929 rise coincided with that of his friend Ernest Hemingway's, until a bull's horn in a most inappropriate place almost ended his career--and his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBart Paul illuminates the artistry and violence of the mysterious ritual of the bulls as he tells the story of this remarkable character, from Franklin's life in revolutionary Mexico to his triumphs in Spain, from the pages of \u003cem\u003eDeath in the Afternoon\u003c\/em\u003e to the destructive vortex of Hemingway's affair with Martha Gellhorn during the bloody Spanish Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of an unlikely hero--a gay man in the most masculine of worlds who triumphed over prejudice and adversity as he achieved what no American had ever accomplished, teaching even Hemingway lessons in grace, machismo, and respect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBart Paul has been a critic for the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, a writer of documentaries on subjects as diverse as President Truman, Masada, and Nazi atrocities in Poland, and an anthologized writer of short fiction. He lives outside Los Angeles where he raises horses and children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bart Paul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 1.07d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803211292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBart Paul\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the acclaimed High Country Noir series of novels: \u003ci\u003eUnder Tower Peak\u003c\/i\u003e, called one of the ten best mysteries of 2013, \u003ci\u003eCheatgrass\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSee That My Grave Is Kept Clean\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written documentaries on subjects as diverse as Masada and Nazi atrocities in Poland. Paul now lives in the ranching country of the Eastern Sierra's California-Nevada border. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40191884984435,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":32.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6abb0a09-cd83-4a32-af7a-8a23030bd272.jpg?v=1655906455","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/double-edged-sword-the-many-lives-of-hemingways-friend-the-american-matador-sidney-franklin-9780803211292","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}