In May of 1929, a book was published that to this date is considered by some, the
greatest war epic of our time. It was written while the author spent some time during
his many adventures abroad at a relative’s home in Arkansas. The book is written
in five books and tells the story of Frederick Henry and Catherine Barkley and it
takes place during World War I on the Italian front. If you haven’t figured it out
the book is “A Farewell to Arms,” and its author is Ernest Hemingway. When I first
looked at tackling this classic I had many questions to consider. Which old time
radio dramatization to play? Is there a dramatization out there that not only has
the action and romance the book carries along with being fairly faithful to the book?
Actually there are several but one stood out. One truly showed the classic with its
depth and length and did it in just under an hour. Now to find out which one I picked
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