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Americans in conversation with Tolstoy : selected accounts, 1887-1923 / edited by Peter Sekirin.
Van Pelt Library PG3409.7.U6 A48 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Appreciation--United States.
- Tolstoy, Leo.
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Interviews.
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.
- Authors, Russian--19th century--Interviews.
- Authors, Russian.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 220 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2006]
- Summary:
- "Throughout his life, Leo Tolstoy demonstrated a fascination for Americans, a feeling that was reciprocated in the United States. This volume gathers together 30 recollections of such conversations, all originally published in periodicals from 1887 throough 1923. A brief introduction to each piece introduces the author of the narrative, and a bibliographical note indicates the time and place"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A visit to Count Tolstoy / George Kennan
- Count Tolstoy at home / Isabel Hapgood
- With Count Tolstoy / Thomas Stevens
- A visit to Tolstoy / James Creelman
- How Count Tolstoy writes / Charles Johnston
- An interview with Count Tolstoy / Edward Steiner
- Home life of Tolstoy / John Holmes
- A visit to Tolstoy / John Coleman Kenworthy
- Russia of to-day : on Tolstoy / Sir Henry Norman
- Conversations with Ernest Crosby embodying personal impressions of Count Leo Tolstoy / Ernest Crosby
- Walks and talks with Tolstoy / Andrew Dickson White
- A recent interview with Tolstoy / Th. Bentzon
- Tolstoy today / Edward Steiner ; with translations from His diary and letters
- My last memory of Tolstoy / Alexandra Nicchia
- My last visit to Tolstoy / Aymler Maude
- Tolstoy in 1906 / Louise Maude
- Tolstoy prophesies the fall of America / Stephen Bonsul
- Tolstoy in the twilight / Henry George, Jr.
- Tolstoy at home / Kellogg Durland
- The last days of Leo Tolstoy / Alexander Kaun
- Talks with Tolstoy / Richard Baeza and Alexander Goldenweiser
- Three evenings with Count Leo Tolstoy / N. Everling
- A vacation with Tolstoy / Theodore von Hafferberg
- A day in Tolstoy's life / Stefan Zweig
- How Tolstoy died / General Ivov
- What Tolstoy means to America / Virginia Wentz.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index.
- ISBN:
- 078642253X
- OCLC:
- 68786775
- Publisher Number:
- 9780786422531
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