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An inside peek into the life of Pulitzer and Nobel Prize–winning writer Ernest Hemingway. Visitors can tour the dining room and other parts of the house and museum in Key West. (Courtesy: Getty Images/Edoardo Fornaciari)
Ernest Hemingway (r) poses with Captain Joe Russell after reeling in a marlin off the Key West coast.{ }(Courtesy: Getty/Corbis)
The house itself was built in 1851 in a French/Spanish Colonial style and was Hemingway’s home from 1931 to 1939. {br}(Courtesy:Getty /Buddy Mays)
One of dozens of polydactyl (six-toed) cats that live in and around the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum is believed to be a descendant of the writer’s original cat, Snow White. (Courtesy: Getty/Paul Harris)
Billie Holiday, one of Hemingway's cats, sits on a bed in the Key West home and museum.(Courtesy: Getty/Paul Harris)
The Key West house has the {strong}first in-ground swimming pool{/strong} ever built on the island.{ }(Courtesy: Getty/Paul Harris)
A close-up view of a Royal typewriter belonging to Ernest Hemingway still sits on the desk in his house. (Courtesy: Getty/Santi Visalli)
A black and white picture of Ernest Hemingway's house, now transformed into a national museum. (Courtesy: Getty/Roger Viollet)

Key West, Florida Travel Adventure: Hemingway Home and Museum

An inside peek into the life of Pulitzer and Nobel Prize–winning writer Ernest Hemingway. Visitors can tour the dining room and other parts of the house and museum in Key West. (Courtesy: Getty Images/Edoardo Fornaciari)