Books alive; a profane chronicle of literary endeavor and literary misdemeanor
by Vincent Starrett
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This is an engrossing book of anecdotes about authors and books. Anecdotal material is grouped by various subjects (such as books written by "ghost" writers, books written in prison, plagiarism, forgery, murder) with book and author information often interrelated. A good read with "quirky" intro index by C. Morley.
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- Original publication date
- 1940
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- Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism
- DDC/MDS
- 820.9 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon) literatures History, description, critical appraisal of works in more than one form
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- PS3537 .T246 .B6 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1900-1960
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