| Description |
xiv, 303 pages : portrait ; 24 cm |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Why I write. Some for glory, some for praise -- On other writers. The writing teacher ; Odessa, mon amour ; Like a retired confidential agent, Graham Greene hides quietly in Paris ; An old magician named Nabokov lives and writes in splendid exile ; From Lady Antonia's golden brow springs another figure of history ; Ben Sonnenberg Jr. ; Life for author Han Suyin has been a sometimes hard but always many splendored thing ; D'Annunzio, the immortal who dies -- West Point and beyond. Cool heads ; An army mule named Sid Berry takes command at the Point ; Ike the unlikely -- Men and women. Younger women, older men ; Karyl and me ; When evening falls ; Talk of the town on Bill Clinton -- On the edge. The definitive downhill: Toni Sailer ; At the foot of Olympus: Jarvik, Kolff, and DeVries ; Man is his own star: Royal Robbins -- The rock and the hard place. Racing for the Cup ; Getting high ; The Alps ; Offering oneself to the Fat Boys -- The life. Passionate falsehoods ; The first women graduate -- France. Almost pure joy ; Eat, memory ; Paris nights ; Chez nous -- Aspen. Once and future queen ; They call it Paradise ; Snowy nights in Aspen ; Notes from another Aspen -- Writing and what's ahead. Once upon a time, literature. Now what? ; Words' worth. |
| Summary |
"This collection gathers Salter's thoughts on writing and profiles of important writers, observations of the changing American military life, evocations of Aspen winters, musings on mountain climbing and skiing, and tales of travels to Europe that first appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, People, Condé Nast Traveler, the Aspen Times, among other publications."--Jacket flap. |
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Salter, James -- Travel.
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Salter, James. (OCoLC)fst00028940
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Authorship.
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Authorship. (OCoLC)fst00822442
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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American essays.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Essays. (OCoLC)fst01919922
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Essays.
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| Added Author |
Salter, Kay Eldredge, writer of preface.
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| Added Title |
Works. Selections
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Do not save anything |
| ISBN |
9781619029361 (hardcover) |
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1619029367 (hardcover) |
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