Living a Life of Meaning

The headlines of the newspaper read, "GUNSHOT BLAST KILLS HEMINGWAY!"  It was dated Monday, July 3, 1961.  One of my literary heroes lay dead of a self-inflicted wound, bringing his life to a tragic end.  Hemingway was a man's man.  I admired his style of writing, and I admit I was rather fascinated by the way he seemed to stare life in the face and go after it.  He wrote about wars, bullfighting, big game hunting, physical adventure as man was pitted against his environment--things that were of interest to a young man in his mid-20s.