Author:

Hampton, Wilborn  Search this

Subject:

Foote, Horton  Search this

Physical description:

292 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm

Type:

Biography

Place:

United States

Texas

Wharton (Tex.)

Date:

2009

20th century

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 orphan's home cycle and Tender mercies -- Waxahachie: family reunion -- Grief and carrying on -- New plays and new audiences -- American storyteller

Topic:

Dramatists, American  Search this

Screenwriters  Search this

Intellectual life  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_934347