Widow's Feast

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds · Jun 12, 2026 · 1m · transcript

Mary Welsh was not only Ernest Hemingway’s fourth (and last) wife but also his literary executor. But critics sniffed at the idea of this lumberman’s daughter from Bemidji editing her great husband’s memoir A Moveable Feast.

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Producer: Britt Aamodt

Editorial support: Emily Krumberger

Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood

Image: Mary Welsh as war correspondent in World War II (1943) [credit: Public domain. Found on Wikipedia.]

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