Captured in Time: 8-Year-Old Percy Hemingway upon Arrival in America in 1890

The Little Fellow Crossed the Atlantic Alone

Percy Hemingway, age 8

Percy Hemingway was a little boy with a big tag and minimal luggage when he made the journey from England to America by himself at the advanced age of eight. Fellow passengers on the S.S.Teutonic said he showed no fear and required little assistance.