Leicester Hemingway was the youngest son of the Hemingway family who looked up to his oldest brother, Ernest. Despite never escaping his brother's literary shadow, Leicester made a name for himself when he created the island micronation of New Atlantis off the coast of Jamaica. Join Emileigh and Morgan as they discuss his antics and adventures during his life.
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Sources:
“Throwback Thursday - Contents of a country: Leicester Hemingway’s Republic of New Atlantis” by Russell Hale (July 30 2015)
“Why Ernest Hemingway’s Younger Brother Established a Floating Republic in the Caribbean” by Fred Nadis (July 3 2024)
“In Miami, Ernest’s Brother Les Hemingway Founded a Micronation, Hosted Séances, and Hunted Nazis” by Jason Katz for the Miami New Times (June 15 2021)
“Leicester and Ernest Hemingway: Brothers in Arms” by Steve Newman Writer (Aug 15 2018)
https://stevenewmanwriter.medium.com/leicester-and-ernest-hemingway-brothers-eba84ab4ff0
“Hemingway’s Siblings” by Dr. Hilary Justice (Sept 2023)
https://www.jfklibrary.org/hemingway/hemingways-siblings
“Leicester Hemingway, Writer and Ernest’s Brother, is Suicide” by Herbert Mitgang for The New York Times (original article Sept 14 1982)
“They bought a Caribbean island to start their own country” by Richard Collett for CNN (Mar 10 2022)
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/islandia-lets-buy-an-island-micronation
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