Paris in the first half of the twentieth century comes to life in this stunning portrait of a cultural mecca, with inside information on Picasso, Matisse, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Cocteau, and other cultural icons. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

In a landmark biography, the influential photographer is shown to be not the social propagandist he is often assumed to be from his famous Depression-era photographs, but rather the advocate of an uncompromising photographic realism. Reprint. 20,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Product Description: "Reads like a superbly crafted novel filled with fascinating characters. A brilliant piece of storytelling." -- John GardnerWinner of the 1983 National Book Award, James R. Mellow's magisterial biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne places America's first great writer in the midst of the literary and cultural turmoil of the early republic...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

A thorough reassessment of the life of a literary giant details the writer's influential male friendships, his career as a journalist, and his years as a central figure in the expatriate community in Paris

Reconstructs the events in the marriage of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald and analyzes the legend of the Fitzgeralds in terms of the era and society in which they lived

Reconstructs the events in the marriage of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald and analyzes the legend of the Fitzgeralds in terms of the era and society in which they lived

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Product Description: A full-length portrait of one of America's great writers brings to life Hawthorne's experiences and the age he lived in, detailing his courtship of Sophia Peabody and his relationships with Melville, Poe, Emerson, and others.