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Sweater provides soft edge

David Douglas (center) celebrates at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West, Fla., after winning the 2009 "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike contest late Saturday. Douglas is surrounded by previous Hemingway look-alike winners. The event was a highlight of the six-day Hemingway Days festival that ended Sunday. Andy Newman / Florida Keys News Bureau / Associated Press

By AP Wire Services
Published: 7/27/2009 2:23 AM
Last Modified: 7/27/2009 4:16 AM

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Wearing a wool fisherman's sweater in 90-degree heat, a Texas man won an Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest at a Key West festival honoring the late Nobel prize-winning author.

White-bearded David Douglas, 55, bested 139 other contenders at the "Papa" Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, staged Saturday night at Sloppy Joe's Bar, the author's favorite watering hole.

Douglas' attire emulated Hemingway's appearance in a famous 1957 photograph by Yousuf Karsh.

"It's very possible the sweater did it," said a perspiring Douglas of his victory. "It's about 120 (degrees) inside the sweater, but it's worth it."

Douglas, from Cypress, Texas, won the competition on his eighth attempt after originally entering on a dare.

The mechanical contractor said he shares Hemingway's fondness for fishing and cocktails, but has no literary aspirations.

"I haven't written any books, but I'm good writing checks and text messaging," Douglas said.

While living in Key West during the 1930s, Hemingway wrote some of his most famous works, including "For Whom the Bell Tolls." By AP Wire Services

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