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William Styron, a life / James L. W. West, III.
LIBRA Special PS3569.T9 Z94 1998b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- West, James L. W., III
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Styron, William, 1925-2006.
- Styron, William.
- Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.
- Novelists, American.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 485 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Advance Uncorrected Proof.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Random House, [1998]
- Summary:
- Biography of writer William Styron.
- Contents:
- Ancestors
- Youth
- Newport News
- Pauline's death
- Fourteenth year
- Christchurch
- Davidson
- Duke and William Blackburn
- Marines, first stint
- After the war
- McGraw-Hill
- Durham and Flatbush
- Valley cottage and West Eighty-eighth Street
- Marines, second stint
- Lie down in darkness
- Paris, 1952
- The long march
- Rome
- Marriage and Ravello
- New York and Roxbury
- Mailer and others
- Completion
- Set this house on fire
- Reentry
- Preparations
- Composition
- The confessions of Nat Turner
- Aftermath
- Interlude
- Sophie's choice
- Breakdown
- "A tidewater morning."
- Notes:
- Book description on first leaf.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 904732480
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