Double-Edged Sword: The Many Lives of Hemingway's Friend, the American Matador Sidney FranklinSidney Franklin (1903 76) was the last person you'd expect to become a bullfighter. The streetwise son of a Russian Jewish cop, Sidney had an all American boyhood in early twentieth century Brooklyn while hiding the fact that he was gay. A violent confrontation with his father sent him packing to Mexico City, where first he opened a business, then he opened his mouth bragging that Americans had the courage to become bullfighters. Training with iconic