This 1936 novel tells the story of an American fishing boat skipper who dabbles in a little smuggling to make ends meet. In need of money for his family the captain reluctantly becomes agrees to smuggle a group of Chinese immigrants from Cuba to Florida. This is Hemingway’s only novel to be set in the United States.
To Have and Have Not

Ernest Hemingway: To Have and Have Not (Paperback, 1977, Grafton Books)
Paperback, 192 pages
Published March 1, 1977 by Grafton Books.