the title of a book written by American author Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961). Considered one of Hemingway's finest works, the novel is set during the time of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) and tells of Robert Jordan, an American volunteer who is sent to fight with a peasant guerilla group for the Loyalists. While undertaking the task of blowing up a bridge he gets wounded and, although succeeding in his mission, he ends up giving his life for the cause.