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Algren : a life / Mary Wisniewski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wisniewski, Mary, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981.
- Algren, Nelson.
- Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.
- Novelists, American.
- Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (362 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ): illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- 2016.
- Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- "Algren: A Life is a new biography of Chicago writer Nelson Algren, author of The Man with the Golden Arm, A Walk on the Wild Side, Never Come Morning, multiple short stories, and travel essays"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Front Flip; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1. Childhood Days; 2. College and the Crash; 3. Prison and Somebody in Boots; 4. Marriage and the WPA; 5. Polonia and Never Come Morning; 6. Polonia's Revenge, and Algren in the Army; 7. Beloved Local Youth; 8. Golden Years; 9. The Walls Begin to Close; 10. The Nonconformist; 11. Return of the Native; 12. Good-bye to Fiction; 13. Good-bye to Chicago; 14. Knitted Backward; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Credits; Index; Back Flip: About the Author; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61373-533-2
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