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PERKINS, MAXWELL Father to daughter. The family letters of Maxwell Perkins.
Kansas City Andrews and Mcmeel 1995 0836204875 / 9780836204872 Hard Cover
Edited by Bertha Perkins Frothingham, Louise perkins King, and Ruth King Porter. 213 pages, well illustrated, cloth, dj, very good. From the dj, 'Among book editors, none is quite so revered as Maxwell Perkins. During the years he worked at New York City's Charles Scribner's Sons, the legendary editor helped brilliant minds focus thoughts into literature, shaped manuscripts into classics, then championed writers into best-selling authors. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, and Marcia Davenport were only a few authors who had Perkins to thank for at least some of their success. Behind the scenes, however, this literary genius was a devoted father to five daughters - Bertha, Elizabeth, Louise, Jane, and Nancy. Because he wanted his girls to know and love the family homestead in Windsor, Vermont he sent them there every summer and corresponded with them daily. From thoughts about the people he met to reminiscences of favorite family vacations, Perkins provided a vivid presence in his daughters' lives, whether he was with them or not. In Father to Daughter, the touching correspondence Perkins created for his daughters has been gathered into a memento of a great man. It is obvious that Maxwell Perkins was more than just a noted editor - he was a man with a deep and abiding love for his family.'
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20.00 USD
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