{"id":640,"date":"2021-04-01T15:54:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T19:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idylease.org\/idylease-blog\/?p=640"},"modified":"2025-10-04T23:51:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T03:51:49","slug":"idylease-and-ernest-hemingway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idylease.org\/idylease-blog\/idylease-and-ernest-hemingway\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Arthur Zampella’s Bond with Ernest Hemingway"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr Arthur Zampella purchased the sister ship of Ernest Hemingway’s La Bella Jolla in 1947.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There was a bond my father had with Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway had re-shaped the definition of masculinity of American males in the 1940s and 1950s. A large segment of these men fashioned themselves after Hemingway, taking their cues from his sense of adventurism.<\/p>\n

Dr. Arthur Zampella was not immune from the influences of Hemingway’s works as a writer. So much was that influence, that he purchased the sister ship of La Bella Lola [originally christened as the Fairweather] that was built for Hemingway in the Cayman Islands in 1947.<\/p>\n

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A Hemingway Relic on the Walls of Idylease<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 1948, may dad took the schooner on a Hemingway inspired deep sea fishing trip and landed a 12 foot sailfish off the coast of Venezuela. That fish hangs on the wall of the indoor pool at Idylease to this very day: A relic connected to Ernest Hemingway hanging on walls of Idylease. How cool is that?<\/p>\n

The boat was moored in the Long Island Sound for many years before it tore loose in a hurricane and ended up on the rocks at Atlantic Highlands in New Jersey. The vessel was unable to be salvaged. A sad ending to a vibrant period of my dads life.<\/p>\n

At my dads funeral in 1992, his best friend Andy Bertone, laughed about a drunken night in the 50s when they attempted to board the schooner and impress their dates with a stolen row boat. They all gave up because they simply couldn’t find the boat in the pitch dark.<\/p>\n

Little would my father know that many years later, the connection with Hemingway would culminate with a documentary I produced on Ernest Hemingway with John Mulholland. The film received a Critics Pic from the New York Times. Post production work was completed at Idylease, with my dad’s connection to Hemingway as an inspiration to help tell the story. Patrick Hemingway; Ernest’s last surviving son, was fascinated by the odd connection between our fathers when we discussed\u00a0it over dinner at the Yale Club a few years ago.<\/p>\n