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My mentor : a young man's friendship with William Maxwell / Alec Wilkinson.
Van Pelt Library PS3525.A9464 Z96 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilkinson, Alec, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Maxwell, William, 1908-2000.
- Maxwell, William.
- Wilkinson, Alec, 1952---Friends and associates.
- Wilkinson, Alec.
- Wilkinson, Alec, 1952-.
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Friends and associates.
- Editors--United States--Biography.
- Editors.
- United States.
- Mentoring of authors.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 179 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
- Summary:
- At 24, Alec Wilkinson decided he wanted to write, so his father sent him to William Maxwell, the famous writer and "New Yorker" fiction editor. "My Mentor" is the poignant story of a young manUs education at the hands of a master and a heartbreaking meditation on the end of MaxwellUs life.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0618123016
- OCLC:
- 48450056
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