11 Facts About Hemingway's Cats
When the eminently
quotable Ernest Hemingway wrote that “one cat just leads to another,” the lifelong ailurophile was talking about the veritable
clowder of
cats
at Finca, his home in Cuba—but he could easily have been referencing
his home in Key West, Florida. The grounds of 907 Whitehead Street, now
the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum, house between 40 and 50 felines.
(“Cats in every room so don’t go if you are allergic to them,” one
reviewer on
TripAdvisor notes.) Here are a few things you should know about them.