Ernest Hemingway Sculpture in Walloon Lake, Michigan

Ernest Hemingway Sculpture in Walloon Lake, Michigan

Called “The Old Man and the Cat,” this bronze sculpture by George Lundeen was unveiled over Labor Day weekend 2021 to honor Ernest Hemingway, Walloon Lake’s most famous summer resident. Hemingway’s parents, Clarence and Grace Hemingway, began coming to this area from their Oak Park, Illinois home in the late 1890s. After traveling by steamer and a series of trains, they boarded a steam launch for the final leg to their Windemere cottage on the N…