A skeptic's guide to writers' houses

A skeptic's guide to writers' houses

by Trubek, Anne

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The author visits American authors' homes, whether the house is from their birth, death, or sometime in between, and gives background information while on the stomping grounds of Ernest Hemingway, Samuel Clemens, and the like.

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  • Full title :A skeptic's guide to writers' houses / Anne Trubek.

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The author visits American authors' homes, whether the house is from their birth, death, or sometime in between, and gives background information while on the stomping grounds of Ernest Hemingway, Samuel Clemens, and the like.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2011.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:165 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780812242928, 0812242920
  • oclc:ocn606785133
  • LC Classification:PS141
  • Dewey Decimal:810.9

Table of Contents

The irrational allure of writers' houses -- Trying to find Whitman in Camden -- Never the Twain shall meet -- The Concord pilgrimage -- Hemingway's breadcrumb trail -- Not that Tom Wolfe -- Best-laid plans at Jack London State Historic Park -- The compensation of Paul Laurence Dunbar -- Poe houses and arrested decay -- At home with Charles Chesnutt and Langston Hughes -- American writers' houses open to the public.

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Subjects

American literature -- Appreciation American literature -- Appreciation -- … Authors and readers Authors and readers -- United States Authors, American -- Homes and haunts Écrivains -- Résidences et lieux famili… Écrivains américains -- Résidences et l… Écrivains et lecteurs -- États-Unis Literary landmarks Literary landmarks -- United States Littérature américaine -- Appréciation … United States

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Trubek, Anne

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