He was born in Montana, the grandson of an important of cavalry officer in the Civil War.
He was born in Montana, the grandson of an important of cavalry officer in the Civil War. A professor of Spanish at the University of Montana, he goes to Spain on an academic sabbatical. In Spain he gains an admiration of the Spanish people that causes him to join the Republicans and accepts an assignment to blow up a bridge in territory controlled by the Fascists. FTP identify this fictional American fighting in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War, the protagonist of Hemmingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls.
He was born in Montana, the grandson of an important of cavalry officer in the Civil War.
{Robert Jordan}