Ernest Hemingway is Cuba's most famous American resident. The author lived there for years, and when he left -- quite suddenly in 1960, under pressure by U.S. authorities -- he left much of the artifacts of his life there intact.
"I think Cuban people feel like Hemingway was part of Cuba," Havana Tour Company guide Patricia Garcia Placeres told Mashable. "Some of his most important things are still here."
His house was turned into a museum, and it is just one way to see the lasting presence of Hemingway in the country.
Hemingway went fishing regularly with Fidel Castro, and he and his wife, Mary, spent many winters on the island for 20 years. The author felt at home among Cubans, and Cubans have embraced his memory and preserved much of what he left.
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