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MERICA’S
Greatest Outdoorsmen
From the crazy tales of Ernest Hemingway, to the international celebrity known as Buffalo Bill, these
men are the exact measure of greatness that a legacy requires. Explore the lives of these true outdoor
legends, and what they did to earn their spot on our list of America’s greatest outdoorsmen.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
Ernest Hemingway is the defini-
tion of the ultimate badass. He
was a writer, a journalist, an avid
outdoorsman, a hunter, a fisher-
man, and a boxer, among many
other things. Hemingway is
best known for his works of
American fiction, such as The
Sun Also Rises , A Farewell to
Arms , and For Whom the Bell
Tolls. Hemingway learned early
on from his father how to hunt,
fish, and camp, and he and the
wilderness were inseparable.
From battling giant Marlins in Bi-
mini, to stalking big game on
African safaris, the Great Hem,
or “Big Papa,” was always out-
doors – that is, when he wasn’t
writing, of course.
Africa was perhaps his most
beloved destination. He en-
joyed the land, and couldn’t get
enough of the thrill of big-game
hunting. His shares his experi-
ences in several of his works,
including The Snows of Kiliman-
jaro and The Green Hills of
Africa. Hemingway became a
legend, a man’s man, and noth-
ing could take him down – he
survived not one, but two plane
crashes! He also survived
malaria, skin cancer, hepatitis,
diabetes, and high blood pres-
sure, all of which failed to end
Hemingway’s journeys. The
only thing that could end him
was himself. After a long battle
with mental health issues,
among his others, Hemingway
took his own life with his fa-
vorite shotgun in the summer of
1961. He was 62 years old.