“My grandfather’s famous quote was ‘courage is grace under pressure,’ but I think this is taking it too far,” said Mariel Hemingway when she heard that the manager of her family’s historic home, the Hemingway House in Key West, Florida, had decided to stay with the 54 cats that live on the property despite the massive approaching storm, Hurricane Irma.
The house, which now operates as a museum, was built in 1849 and completed in 1851. Hemingway moved into it in 1931, and he lived there until 1940. The house is recognized as a National Historic Landmark and Literary Landmark by the U.S. Library of Congress. The iconic writer’s original polydactyl (six-toed) cat, Snow White, is the ancestor from which the home’s current 50-plus felines have descended.
As news spread of Irma’s force, magnitude and intended path — Florida, by way of the Keys — residents of Key West and concerned animal lovers around the country focused on the…
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