Algren : a life

Book 2016

"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.

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Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981

Authors, American 20th century Biography

Novelists, American 20th century Biography

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ISBN:

9781613735329
1613735324

Description:

362 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-345) and index

Contents:

Childhood days
College and the crash
Prison and somebody in boots
Marriage and the WPA
Polonia and never come morning
Polonia's revenge and Private Abraham
Beloved local youth
Golden years
The walls begin to close
The nonconformist
Return of the native
Good-bye to fiction
Good-bye to Chicago
Knitted backwards

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2100588

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