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A skeptic's guide to writers' houses / Anne Trubek ; [illustrations by John Hubbard].
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating PS141 .T78 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trubek, Anne, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Authors, American--Homes and haunts.
- Authors, American.
- Literary landmarks--United States.
- Literary landmarks.
- Authors and readers--United States.
- Authors and readers.
- American literature--Appreciation--United States.
- American literature.
- American literature--Appreciation.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 165 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2011]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Schneidman fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780812242928
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