Hemingway fans celebrate the author's 125th birthday

Stephen Hemingway Adams, right, a great-grandson of Ernest Hemingway, speaks with 2023 Hemingway Look-Alike Contest winner Gerrit Marshall at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Florida, July 17, 2024. Former Hemingway Look-Alike Contest winners prepare to judge the 2024 contest at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Florida, July 18, 2024. A polydactyl cat at the Hemingway Home & Museum in Key West, Florida, July 17, 2024.

Ernest Hemingway spent the 1930s in Key West, Florida, and more than six decades after his death, fans, scholars and relatives continue to congregate on the island city to celebrate the author's award-winning novels and adventure-filled life.