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Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961 is a nonfiction book written by Paul Hendrickson and published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2011. The book was a New York Times bestseller, while The Chicago Tribune honored it with the 2012 Heartland Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. The UK edition reached No. 3 on the London bestseller list. , the work is in its 16th printing.

Background
While he reportedly spent seven years writing the book, informal research began in 1980, when Hendrickson met Ernest Hemingway's younger brother, Leicester on a seaplane flight to the Bahamas. During their vacation in the Caribbean, Hendrickson and his wife had the opportunity to spend time with Hemingway, while researching and learning about the life of the deceased author. Eight years later, while Hendrickson was at The Washington Post, he began an in-depth two-part series for the newspaper, which focused on the lives of Hemingway's three children. Based on his 1980 Bahamas research and personal encounter with Leicester, along with the Hemingway series for the Post, Hendrickson began writing his book.

Honors and awards

 * 2012: Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction for Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934-1961 – winner