Elderhostel: Sun Valley

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Myth and Mystique of the Old West and Hemingway in Idaho (Program #14904)

A Snapshot Program

June 6-9, 2007
September 19-22, 2007

Program Description: Learn about the Idaho leg of Lewis and Clark's historic, frontier-expanding journey West. Study the early explorers, mountain men, native tribes, and fur trappers that gave the Northwest Idaho Territory and the Sun Valley area their human character. The great Ernest Hemingway lived the last two years of his life in Ketchum, Idaho;died and was buried here in the town cemetery. Before his death, he completed For Whom the Bell Tolls at the resort in 1939. Explore the iconic writer's early life and the effect it had on his work. Discuss and interpret a selection of his short stories.

Location Features: Sun Valley is a beautiful , majestic part of Idaho located at an elevation of about 5900 feet. Today, though Sun Valley is the common name of the entire Wood River Valley area, located in the center of southern Idaho, 150 miles west of Idaho Falls and east of Boise--actually it is just the name of a ski resort. This valley inspired Hemingway and it can inspire you!