A Short Autobiography
New York : Scribner, 2011.
Format: Book
Edition: First Scribner trade paperback edition.
Description: xiii, 204 pages ; 21 cm
A revelatory anthology of 19 personal essays and articles by the 20th-century literary master spans his career and includes a 1920 article written shortly after This Side of Paradise made him famous and a 1940 assessment of the times in which he lived.
Contents:
Who's who--and why (1920) -- An interview with Mr. Fitzgerald / by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1920) -- Three cities (1921) -- What I think and feel at 25 (1922) -- Imagination--and a few mothers (1923) -- How to live on $36,000 a year (1924) -- How to live on practically nothing a year (1924) -- "Wait until you have children of your own!" (1924) -- How to waste material-- a not on my generation (1926) -- Princeton (1927) -- A short autobiography (with acknowledgements to Nathan) (1929) -- Girls believe in girls (1930) -- Salesmanship in the Champs-Élysées (1930) -- The death of my father (unfinished) (1931) -- One hundred false starts (1933) -- Author's house (1936) -- Afternoon of an author (1936) -- An author's mother (1936) -- My generation (1939/1940) -- Annotations.
Subjects:
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781451621167
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Fitzgerald, F.Scott | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Adult | In |