Steve Gray
Papa Hemingway's Swimming Pool
Built under his wife's direction while he was out of the country, he returned to find it built and having cost exorbitantly more than the original price. Upon seeing the bill of $20,000, he reached into his pocket and handed his wife a penny, saying "Well, you might as well have my last cent." She pressed the coin into the wet concrete and it remains there to this day. Seen at his home in Key West, FL. July 2007.
Papa Hemingway's Swimming Pool
Built under his wife's direction while he was out of the country, he returned to find it built and having cost exorbitantly more than the original price. Upon seeing the bill of $20,000, he reached into his pocket and handed his wife a penny, saying "Well, you might as well have my last cent." She pressed the coin into the wet concrete and it remains there to this day. Seen at his home in Key West, FL. July 2007.