Glenway Wescott personally : a biography / Jerry Rosco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosco, Jerry.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wescott, Glenway, 1901-1987.

Wescott, Glenway.

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Americans--France--Paris--History--20th century.

Americans.

France--Paris.

History.

New York (N.Y.)--Intellectual life--20th century.

New York (N.Y.).

National Book Committee.

Intellectual life.

Paris (France)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Paris (France).

Gay men--United States--Biography.

Gay men.

United States.

Wisconsin--Biography.

Wisconsin.

Local Subjects:

Wescott, Glenway, 1901-1987.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, [2002]

Contents:

1. Wisconsin Farm Boy to Midwest Prodigy 3

2. The Next Step: New York and Europe 21

3. The Expatriate Twenties 32

4. Paris and a New Family 47

5. Lost in America: The Thirties 62

6. The Little Masterpiece and Willie Maugham 89

7. The Bestseller 108

8. Dr. Kinsey and the Institute for Sex Research 126

9. Inside the Circle: Farewell to George 152

10. Beyond Fiction: The Valley Submerged 164

11. The Great Divide and Images of Truth 191

12. "Quail and Strawberries" 217

13. Golden Leaves and the Birthday Book 244

Epilogue: Other Voices and Continual Lessons 260.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-295) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0299177300

OCLC:

47973261