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Writing Gatsby : the real story of the writing of the greatest American novel
- Title
- Writing Gatsby : the real story of the writing of the greatest American novel / William Elliott Hazelgrove.
- Author
- Hazelgrove, William Elliott, 1959-
- Publication
- Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2022]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 22-2383 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 279 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm
- Summary
- "The story of how The Great Gatsby was written has not been told except as embedded chapters of much larger biographies. This story is one of heartbreak, infidelity, struggle, alcoholism, financial hardship, and one man's perseverance to be faithful to the raw diamond of his talent in circumstances that would have crushed others"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Myrtle Wilson -- Aint we got fun -- Flat as one of Aunt Jemima's pancakes -- Rich girls don't marry poor boys -- The Rough Crossing -- Last of the belles -- The Left Bank -- An Oxford man -- How to live on practically nothing -- A northern mans dream of the South -- Cliff diving -- The sensible thing -- Passion at first glance -- Repeating the past -- The book by Goddard -- The American dream -- Jozan -- A perfect food -- Smooth as two cats -- A beautiful little fool -- Jumping off the cliff -- The beautiful and the damned -- You never loved him -- Absolution -- The foul dust -- The confusion of a simple mind -- The death car -- That awful thing -- Waiting for Gatsby -- The germs of bitterness -- Finding Gatsby -- Writing Gatsby.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-2383
- ISBN
- 9781493068036
- 1493068032
- LCCN
- 2022011989
- 40031342415
- OCLC
- 1268517503
- Author
- Hazelgrove, William Elliott, 1959- author.
- Title
- Writing Gatsby : the real story of the writing of the greatest American novel / William Elliott Hazelgrove.
- Publisher
- Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2022]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Other Form:
- Online version: Hazelgrove, William, 1959- Writing Gatsby Essex, Connecticut : Lyons Press, [2022] 9781493070145 (DLC) 2022011990
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40031342415
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-2383