| Edition |
First Free Press hardcover edition. |
| Description |
292 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 271) and index. |
| Contents |
Wharton: front porches and kitchen tables -- Pasadena: the actor prepares -- Greenwich Village: auditions -- New York: the writer emerges -- Lillian -- Golden age of television -- Adaptations -- Oscar and disappointment -- New Hampshire exile -- Old letters and faded photographs -- The orphans' home cycle and Tender mercies -- Waxahachie: family reunion -- Grief and carrying on -- New plays and new audiences -- American storyteller. |
| Summary |
A portrait of the Pulitzer Prize and two-time Academy Award-winning playwright and screenwriter traces his origins in small-town Texas through his rise to Broadway and Hollywood, offering insight into his inspirations for such productions as The Young Man from Atlanta. |
| Subject |
Foote, Horton.
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Dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Screenwriters -- United States -- Biography.
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Texas -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Wharton (Tex.) -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781416566403 |
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1416566406 |
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