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Nick Adams
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Nick Adams, fictional character,protagonist of early semiautobiographical short stories byErnest Hemingway. Adams first appears inIn Our Time (1925), a collection of 15 stories, including coming-of-age experiences in the woods of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The character also appears, at various stages of his life, in the short-story collectionMen Without Women (1927).Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man (1962) is a film based on the Nick Adams stories.
This article was most recently revised and updated byKathleen Kuiper.