C00ps- as Don Ernesto called his close friend and hunting compadre- was- "the real deal". Part of the contract that put 150 large in his bank account back then was Hemingway's insistence that Gary Cooper play the part of Robert Jordan in the movie-and Ingrid Bergmann not too shabby as Pilar either. Born in Mt. in early part of the 20th Century as Frank James Cooper, his father a district court judge in Helena- care to guess how he became known as Gary Cooper. I would love to own and use his working collection of Winchesters and Colts today. RWTF
