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LAWRENCE; Bynner, Witter Journey with Genius : Recollections and Refections Concerning the D. H. Lawrences hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1013402. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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LAWRENCE; Maddox, Brenda D.H. Lawrence: The Story of a Marriage Simon & Schuster 1994 Hard Cover. First Edition. first edition.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or534326. ISBN #0671687123 / 9780671687120. (keywords: LAWRENCE D H DAVID HERBERT) (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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LEE(Subject); Shields, Charles J. Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee Holt Paperbacks 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1144369. ISBN #0805083197 / 9780805083194. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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LEE(Subject); Shields, Charles J. Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee Holt Paperbacks 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1144369. ISBN #0805083197 / 9780805083194. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "A fine, well-rounded portrait of Harper Lee. Mockingbird is good reading." Star-Tribune Minneapolis To Kill a Mockingbird the twentieth century's most widely read American novel has sold thirty million copies and still sells a million yearly. Yet despite her book's perennial popularity, its creator, Harper Lee, has become a somewhat mysterious figure. Now, after years of research, Charles J. Shields brings to life the warmhearted, high-spirited, and occasionally hardheaded woman who gave us two of American literature's most unforgettable characters Atticus Finch and his daughter, Scout. At the center of Shields's evocative, lively book is the story of Lee's struggle to create her famous novel, but her colorful life contains many highlights her girlhood as a tomboy in overalls in tiny Monroeville, Alabama; the murder trial that made her beloved father's reputation and inspired her great work; her journey to Kansas as Truman Capote's ally and research assistant to help report the story of In Cold Blood . Mockingbird unique, highly entertaining, filled with humor and heart is a wide-ranging, idiosyncratic portrait of a writer, her dream, and the place and people whom she made
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Leverence, John Irving Wallace: A Writer's Profile Popular Press 1974 Hard Cover. First Edition. Signed and Inscribed By Author. Book: B&W photos. Signed by Irving Wallace.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or261357. ISBN #0879720638 / 9780879720636. (category: literary_biography) (keywords: WALLACE IRVING 1916 1990 AMERICAN WRITER AUTHOR NOVELIST) (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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LEWIS(Subject); Schorer, Mark Sinclair Lewis: An American Life hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1111342. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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LINDBERGH(Subject); Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Dearly Beloved 1962 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1071096. ISBN #1299598102 / 9781299598102. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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LINDBERGH(Subject); Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Dearly Beloved 1962 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1071096. ISBN #1299598102 / 9781299598102. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary A June wedding sets the scene for Anne Morrow Lindbergh's bestselling novel, Dearly Beloved. The ceremony is a great moment during which the "gathered together" survey not just this couple, this occasion, but their own lives, hopes, and fears. As the family and guests follow the familiar marriage service, they are stirred to new insights-on love, on marriage, and on all the stages of development involved. For the young and eager bridesmaid and best man, marriage still lies ahead; but for the mothers of the bride and groom, and for friends and relatives, the sight of the young couple and the words of the minister evoke more troubling thoughts and deeper questions. Anne Morrow Lindbergh wisely chose the framework of a wedding as a meditation on togetherness to contrast the questions she contemplated on solitude in her bestselling classic Gift from the Sea. The novel's structure also gave her scope for her reflections-some of them autobiographical-and intuitions about the most crucial of human relationships, reflections she calls "a theme and variations."
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LINDBERGH(Subject); Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Flower and the Nettle: Diaries and Letters 1936-1939 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1106725. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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LONDON(Subject); Stasz, Clarice American Dreamers: Charmian and Jack London St Martins Pr 1988 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1013964. ISBN #0312021607 / 9780312021603. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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LONDON(Subject); Stasz, Clarice American Dreamers: Charmian and Jack London St Martins Pr 1988 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1013964. ISBN #0312021607 / 9780312021603. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Jack London's stories of adventure in the frozen landscapes of the Yukon and the steamy islands of the South Seas have captured the imaginations of readers all over the world. Born into the working class, London was a major force in the lively Socialist movement of his day. In 1903 he shocked the morals of his country when he left his wife and two young daughters for a spunky spinster five years his senior. A new breed of woman, Charmian Kitteridge was notorious in the Bay area for daring to ride her horse astride and work in an office, unlike proper women of the day. As his "Mate-Woman," Charmian contributed to Jack's accomplishments -- she was his editor, transcriber, confidante, as well as the model for many of Jack's female characters. Together they overcame threats to their love that stemmed from Jack's alcoholism, infidelities, and illness. This is a compelling portrait that challenges the long"Cheld view of London as a rough, hard-drinking womanizer, and of Charmian as a passive, childish dependent. Instead, this is a love story and a fascinating portrait of a couple whose courage, passion, and vitality remain a model of love fulfilled.
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LORCA, GARCIA; (Subject); Adams, Mildred Garcia Lorca: Playwright and Poet George Braziller 1977 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1168775. ISBN #0807608734 / 9780807608739. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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LORCA, GARCIA; (Subject); Stanton, Edward F. The Tragic Myth: Lorca and Cante Jondo The University Press of Kentucky 1978 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1168776. ISBN #0813113784 / 9780813113784. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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Maddox, Brenda Nora : a Biography of Nora Joyce Fawcett Columbine 1989 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Previous owners name inking. Book #or1169481. ISBN #0449904105 / 9780449904107. (keywords: Biography) (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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Maeterlinck, Maurice / Teixeira De Mattos, Alexander Mountain Paths Dodd, Mead and Company 1919 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1145118. (keywords: Essays) (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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MARX, ELEANOR; (Subject); Holmes, Rachel Eleanor Marx: A Life Bloomsbury Press 2015 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1165183. ISBN #1620409704 / 9781620409701. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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MASON(Subject); Mason, Bobbie Ann Clear Springs: A Memoir Random House 1999 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1008883. ISBN #0679449256 / 9780679449256. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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MASON(Subject); Mason, Bobbie Ann Clear Springs: A Memoir Random House 1999 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1008883. ISBN #0679449256 / 9780679449256. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In this superb memoir, the bestselling author of In Country and other award-winning books tells her own story, and the story of a Kentucky farm family, the Masons of Clear Springs. Like Russell Baker's Growing Up, Jill Ker Conway's The Road from Coorain, and other classic literary memoirs, Clear Springs takes us back in time to recapture a way of life that has all but disappeared, a country culture deeply rooted in work and food and family, in common sense and music and the land. Clear Springs is also an American woman's odyssey, exploring how a misfit girl who dreamed of distant places grew up in the forties, fifties, and sixties, and fulfilled her ambition to be a writer. A multilayered narrative of three generations--Bobbie Ann Mason, her parents and grandparents-- Clear Springs gracefully interlaces several different lives, decades, and locales, moving from the industrious life on a Kentucky farm to travels around the South with Mason as president of the Hilltoppers Fan Club; from the hippie lifestyle of the 1960s New York counterculture to the shock-therapy ward of a mental institution; from a farmhouse to the set of a Hollywood movie; from pop music concerts to a small rustic schoolhouse. Clear Springs depicts the changes that have come to family, to women, and to heartland America in the twentieth century, as well as to Bobbie Ann Mason herself. When the movie of Mason's bestselling novel In Country is filmed near Clear Springs, it brings the first limousines to town, even as it brings out once again the wisdom and values of Mason's remarkable parents. Her mother, especially, stands at the center of this book. Mason's journey leads her to a recognition of the drama and significance of her mother's life and to a new understanding of heritage, place, and family roots. Brilliant and evocative, Clear Springs is a stunning achievement.
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MAUGHAM(Subject); Morgan, Ted Maugham Simon & Schuster 1980 hardcover. Book Club edition. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1001360. ISBN #0671240773 / 9780671240776. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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MAUGHAM(Subject); Morgan, Ted Maugham Simon & Schuster 1980 hardcover. Book Club edition. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1001360. ISBN #0671240773 / 9780671240776. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary At last there is a definitive biography of W. Somerset Maugham, one of the most remarkable and secretive literary figures of the twentieth century. Ted Morgan has penetrated the barriers which for years prevented the creation of a full portrait of this paradoxical writer - barriers set up by Maugham himself, who asked friends to destroy his correspondence, and who instructed his literary executor not to assist any eventual biographers. Unlike most nineteenth century authors, Maugham took up writing as a full-time occupation. It made him a millionaire and filled his life with luxury and adventure. But behind his facade of success and excitement Maugham was an emotional cripple who could not come to terms with his own homosexuality. He married, in an Edwardian attempt to keep up appearances, yet carried on a 30 year love affair with Gerald Haxton. He died a lonely and embittered figure, alienated even from his family.
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MCCOURT(Subject); MCCOURT(Subject); McCourt, Frank Teacher Man: A Memoir Scribner 2005 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1151234. ISBN #0743243773 / 9780743243773. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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MCCOURT(Subject); MCCOURT(Subject); McCourt, Frank Teacher Man: A Memoir Scribner 2005 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1151234. ISBN #0743243773 / 9780743243773. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Nearly a decade ago Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the age of sixty-six, he burst onto the literary scene with Angela's Ashes, the Pulitzer Prize -- winning memoir of his childhood in Limerick, Ireland. Then came 'Tis, his glorious account of his early years in New York. Now, here at last, is McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer. Teacher Man is also an urgent tribute to teachers everywhere. In bold and spirited prose featuring his irreverent wit and heartbreaking honesty, McCourt records the trials, triumphs and surprises he faces in public high schools around New York City. His methods anything but conventional, McCourt creates a lasting impact on his students through imaginative assignments he instructs one class to write "An Excuse Note from Adam or Eve to God" , singalongs featuring recipe ingredients as lyrics , and field trips imagine taking twenty-nine rowdy girls to a movie in Times Square . McCourt struggles to find his way in the classroom and spends his evenings drinking with writers and dreaming of one day putting his own story to paper. Teacher Man shows McCourt developing his unparalleled ability to tell a great story as, five days a week, five periods per day, he works to gain the attention and respect of unruly, hormonally charged or indifferent adolescents. McCourt's rocky marriage, his failed attempt to get a Ph.D. at Trinity College, Dublin, and his repeated firings due to his propensity to talk back to his superiors ironically lead him to New York's most prestigious school, Stuyvesant High School, where he finally finds a place and a voice. "Doggedness," he says, is "not as glamorous as ambition or talent or intellect or charm, but still the one thing that got me through the days and nights." For McCourt, storytelling itself is the source of salvation, and in Teacher Man the journey to redemption -- and literary fame -- is an exhilarating adventure.
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MCCOURT(Subject); McCourt, Frank 'Tis: A Memoir Scribner 1999 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1030415. ISBN #0684848783 / 9780684848785. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
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MCCOURT(Subject); McCourt, Frank 'Tis: A Memoir Scribner 1999 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1030415. ISBN #0684848783 / 9780684848785. (filed under: Literary Biography ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, Angela's Ashes, has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere for its spirit, its wit and its profound humanity. A tale of redemption, in which storytelling itself is the source of salvation, it won the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Rarely has a book so swiftly found its place on the literary landscape. And now we have 'Tis, the story of Frank's American journey from impoverished immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur. Frank lands in New York at age nineteen, in the company of a priest he meets on the boat. He gets a job at the Biltmore Hotel, where he immediately encounters the vivid hierarchies of this "classless country," and then is drafted into the army and is sent to Germany to train dogs and type reports. It is Frank's incomparable voice -- his uncanny humor and his astonishing ear for dialogue -- that renders these experiences spellbinding. When Frank returns to America in 1953, he works on the docks, always resisting what everyone tells him, that men and women who have dreamed and toiled for years to get to America should "stick to their own kind" once they arrive. Somehow, Frank knows that he should be getting an education, and though he left school at fourteen, he talks his way into New York University. There, he falls in love with the quintessential Yankee, long-legged and blonde, and tries to live his dream. But it is not until he starts to teach -- and to write -- that Frank finds his place in the world. The same vulnerable but invincible spirit that captured the hearts of readers in Angela's Ashes comes of age. As Malcolm Jones said in his Newsweek review of Angela's Ashes, "It is only the best storyteller who can so beguile his readers that he leaves them wanting more when he is done...and McCourt proves himself one of the very best." Frank McCourt's 'Tis is one of the most eagerly awaited books of our time, and it is a masterpiece.
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