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Why Ernest Hemingway's Younger Brother Established a Floating Republic in the Caribbean
Was Leicester Hemingway's micronation of New Atlantis a quixotic experiment in democracy or an elaborate improv comedy sketch? Courtesy of Hilary Hemingway Founding a new country is no easy task. Ernest Hemingway’s younger brother, Leicester, learned …