Across The River And Into The Trees

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Across the River and Into the Trees is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published by Charles Scribner's Sons in September 1950. Prior to publication the novel was serialized in Cosmopolitan Magazine. The title is derived from the last words of Confederate General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson. The novel begins in Trieste, during the last day in the life of the protagonist, Colonel Cantwell. Much of the novel is a protracted flashback, during which Cantwell reminisces about Renata, a young Venetian woman, and his life as a soldier involved in war.