In Our Time was Ernest Hemingway’s first book published in the United States and announced the beginning of a career that would make him one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century.

Published in 1925 when Hemingway was 26 years old, the collection contains several stories that are now considered classics including “Indian Camp,” “Soldier’s Home,” and “Big Two-Hearted River.”

This edition includes an essay by Erik Bledsoe explaining the complex publication history of In Our Time that has resulted in there being four distinct versions of the collection. The text of this edition is based upon the original 1925 publication of In Our Time .

“Mr. Hemingway packs a whole character into a phrase, an entire situation into a sentence or two. He makes each word count three or four ways. “
—The New York Times, Oct. 18, 1925

This edition of In Our Time published by Scruffy City Press, LLC, meets WCAG 2.1 AA standards for accessibility and has been professionally edited and compared to the original 1925 publication to ensure accuracy.