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Jan Morris : a life / Sara Wheeler.
Van Pelt Library PR6063.O7489 Z934 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wheeler, Sara, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Morris, Jan, 1926-2020.
- Morris, Jan.
- Women authors, English--Wales--20th century--Biography.
- Women authors, English.
- Authors, English--Wales--20th century--Biography.
- Authors, English.
- Women journalists--Wales--Biography.
- Women journalists.
- Journalists--Wales--Biography.
- Journalists.
- Trans women--Wales--Biography.
- Trans women.
- Trans people--Great Britain--Biography.
- Trans people.
- Gender transition--Great Britain.
- Gender transition.
- Transgender women.
- Transgender authors.
- Transgender journalists.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Transgender biographies.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 413 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First U.S. edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Harper, [2026]
- Summary:
- This literary biography by Sara Wheeler examines the life and career of Jan Morris, the journalist, historian, and travel writer known for reporting on the 1953 Everest expedition and for works including Conundrum, Venice, and the Pax Britannica trilogy. Drawing on personal papers and interviews, the book explores Morris's journalism, travel writing, gender transition, literary achievements, and personal life within the cultural and historical context of the twentieth century.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Twenty-eight knots for Sandy Hook (1926-1945)
- Soldiering (1946-1947)
- Bronzed hero (1948-1952)
- Knocking the bastard off (1953)
- Perpetual theatre (1954-1956)
- Not what I am (1956-1958)
- Veil over lipstick (1959-1962)
- Trefan (1963-1965)
- Half a freak show, half a miracle (1966-1970)
- Being a star (1971-1974)
- Mon dieu (1975-1979)
- The matter of Wales (1980-1984)
- What's become of Waring (1985-1989)
- On the brink (1990-1995)
- Jester in Camelot (1996-2001)
- Ancient mariner (2002-2012)
- Both (2013-2020)
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780063304116
- 0063304112
- OCLC:
- 1584705325
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