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Illustrated with Photographs
Tale-tellers there have been since the world began. Every age and country has its own who mirror the life of people about them. In the past fifty years or so America has come of age, culturally speaking. The men and women writing our American novels not only entertain us but they also have much to offer us in the way of illumination.
What sort of men and women are these American novelists of our time? What kinds of childhoods, educations, experiences have they had to be able to speak to us with truth and authority? And what are their most important literary achievements? This book answers these questions about such outstanding American contemporary novelists as Willa Cather, Booth Tarkington, Walter D. Edmonds, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Kenneth Roberts.
Sybil Norton and John Cournos are accomplished novelists as well as literary critics themselves. A distinguished title in the DODD, MEAD FAMOUS BIOGRAPHIES series.
For readers from 12 up
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