Product Description: Never before published, here is a glimpse into the formative years of a great campaigner for the faith . . . and a stirring example of how the faith of a seminary professor was refined and strengthened through the trials of war.

A critical biography of one of America's greatest writers describes Wharton's adventure-filled travels in Europe, the literary and artistic circles in which she lived and worked, her heroism during World War I, and the evolution of her writing.

An exploration of how images of Americans' love/hate relationship with France came to flourish in the United States shapes a story of one nation's relationship to another from a historical perspective and explores the complex dichotomy between an American appreciation for French culture and French anti-Americanism.

A panorama of the arts scene in Jazz Age France draws on letters, diaries, journals, photo albums, and private archives, in a visual exploration that includes unpublished paintings by Picasso and Léger, previously unknown works by e. e. cummings and John Dos Passos, and more. 15,000 first printing.

Product Description: Afterimages is a dream'ss lingering reflection captured by the poetry and photography of Carrie and Peter Karegeannes. It captures time; a brief moment in the life of two Americans who in 1949 stepped into a life of art, literature, and adventure...read more

Offers a feminist perspective on the life and work of Edith Wharton, from questions about her paternity to her marriage, affairs, and personal relationships (view table of contents)

In a hilarious, insightful memoir, a man obsessed with Hemingway heads for the southern France in the summer of 1950 with his accommodating and optimistic wife and their two young sons. Reprint. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Every Friday, for half a decade beginning in 1909, whenever she was in Paris, Natalie Clifford Barney hosted the one of the most brilliant international salons of its day. Barney received in her home such literary, artistic, musical and intellectual beacons of the 20th century as James Joyce, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, Colette, Isadora Duncan, Auguste Rodin, Romaine Brooks, William Carlos Williams, Paul Valery, Renee Vivian, Edna St...read more

Alice B. Toklas' correspondence during the last twenty years of her life provides insight into her friendships and associations as well as the art and literary circles of the era

A portrait of the American writer that illuminates her friends and critics and describes her influential role in fashioning the arts in the twentieth century