Across the River and Into the Trees Author:Hemingway, Ernest In the Fall of 1948 Ernest Hemingway spent several months in Italy on his first extended visit to that country in thirty years. His reacquaintance with Venice, a city he loved, provided the inspiration for Across the River and Into the Trees, the poignant story of the war-ravaged American colonel Richard Cantwell and his love for a young Italia... more »n countess during the Second World War.« less