"Foreword by John, Patrick, and Gregory Hemingway ; preface by Charles Scribner, Jr."--Cover

Collects all the stories Hemingway published in his lifetime, those published posthumously, and some that are appearing in print for the first time

Part I :

"The first forty-nine."

Preface to the "The first forty-nine" --

Short happy life of Francis Macomber -- Capital of the world -- Snows of Kilimanjaro -- Old man at the bridge -- Up in Michigan -- On the Quai at Smyrna -- Indian camp -- Doctor and the doctor's wife -- End of something -- Three-day blow -- Battler -- A very short story -- Soldier's home -- Revolutionist -- Mr. and Mrs. Elliot -- Cat in the rain -- Out of season -- Cross-country snow -- My old man -- Big two-hearted river.

Part I --

Big two-hearted river.

Part II --

Undefeated -- In another country -- Hills like white elephants -- Killers -- Che ti dice la patria? -- Fifty grand -- A simple enquiry -- Ten Indians -- A canary for one -- An Alpine idyll -- A pursuit race -- Today is Friday -- Banal story -- Now I lay me -- After the storm -- A clean, well-lighted place -- Light of the world -- God rest you merry, gentlemen -- Sea change -- A way you'll never be -- Mother of a queen -- One reader writes -- Homage to Switzerland -- A day's wait -- A natural history of the dead -- Wine of Wyoming -- Gambler, the nun, and the radio -- Fathers and sons Part II :

Short stories published in books or magazines subsequent to "The first forty-nine."

One trip across -- Tradesman's return -- Denunciation -- Butterfly and the tank -- Night before battle -- Under the ridge -- Nobody ever dies -- Good lion -- Faithful bull -- Get a seeing-eyed dog -- A man of the world -- Summer people -- Last good country -- An African story Part III :

Previously unpublished fiction.

A train trip -- Porter -- Black ass at the cross roads -- Landscape with figures -- I guess everything reminds you of something -- Great news from the mainland -- Strange country