Little Pilgrimages Among the Men Who Have Written Famous Books

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harkins, E. F. (Edward Francis), 1872-

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Little Pilgrimages Among the Men Who Have Written Famous Books" by E. F. Harkins is a collection of literary sketches written in the early 20th century. The work provides insight into the lives and personalities of renowned American authors, focusing on both their professional achievements and their personal stories. This collection features notable figures such as William Dean Howells, Bret Harte, and Mark Twain, among others, capturing their contributions to American literature. The opening of the book sets the stage for a series of engaging biographies, starting with a preface that outlines Harkins' approach to chronicling the lives of these influential writers. He aims to differentiate between genuine anecdotes and apocryphal tales, presenting a nuanced perspective that emphasizes the social and personal dimensions of the authors' lives. The sketches are arranged chronologically based on the authors' first publications, allowing readers to appreciate their literary journeys and the context in which they created their most famous works. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

William Dean Howells

Bret Harte

Mark Twain

"Lew" Wallace

George W. Cable

Henry James

Francis Richard Stockton

Joel Chandler Harris

S. Weir Mitchell

Robert Grant

F. Marion Crawford

James Lane Allen

Thomas Nelson Page

Richard Harding Davis

John Kendrick Bangs

Hamlin Garland

Paul Leicester Ford

Robert Neilson Stephens

Charles D. G. Roberts

Winston Churchill.

Credits:

E-text prepared by Dave Kline, Chris Whitehead, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 67.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2014-05-07