Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hemingway akabatanidzwa muSpain nomutori wenhau uye munyori Martha Gellhorn, waakanga asangana naye muKey West gore rakanga rapfuura. Kufanana naHadley, Martha aibva kuSt. Louis, uye kufanana naPauline, akanga ashandira "Vogue" muParis. Pamusoro paMartha, anotsanangura kudaro Kert, "haana kumugovera nenzira iyo vamwe vakadzi vaiita nayo". Muna Chikunguru 1937 akapinda muChipiri International Writers' Congress, chinangwa chayo chaive chekukurukura mafungiro evanyanzvi kuhondo, yakaitirwa muValencia, Barcelona neMadrid uye yakapindwa nevanyori vazhinji vanosanganisira André Malraux, Stephen Spender naPablo Neruda. Pakupera kwa1937, paakanga ari muMadrid naMartha, Hemingway akanyora mutambo wake bedzi, "The Fifth Column", sezvo guta racho rakanga richiputirwa
nemauto aFranco. Akadzokera kuKey West kwemwedzi mishomanana, achibva adzokera kuSpain kaviri muna 1938, uko akanga aripo paHondo yeEbro, nzvimbo yekupedzisira yeRepublican, uye akanga ari pakati pevatori venhau veBritain neAmerica avo vakanga vari vamwe vekupedzisira kusiya hondo sezvavakayambuka rwizi.