A voice from old New York : a memoir of my youth / Louis Auchincloss.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780547341538 :
- ISBN: 0547341539 :
- Physical Description: xiii, 203 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: turning back -- Part I: How it was. Genealogy, et cetera; siblings; what some call "society"; a few words about women -- Part II: Education and after. Teachers, beloved and otherwise; my life in crime; bay harbor; bad sports; religion; the Great Depression; the brits; cohorts; a hang-up; I begin to write; sea duty; fear; a return to society; the firm; fleeing the law; a few more words about women; animal encounters -- Part III: The writing life. Writerly types; class; burdens; a would-be writer, not forgotten -- Part IV. Farewells. my mother; and please do not forget. |
Citation/References Note: | Bklst 11/15/2010 LJ 12/01/2010 PW 11/22/2010 NYT Bk 12/26/2010 |
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Subject: | Auchincloss, Louis. Auchincloss, Louis > Childhood and youth. Authors, American > 20th century > Biography. |
Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Porter County PL - Valparaiso Public Library | 921 AUCHINCLOSS (Text) | 33410011889872 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Westfield Washington PL - Westfield | B-Auchincloss (Text) | 78292000304716 | Adult Biography Books | Available | - |
Whiting PL - Whiting | 813.54 AU22 (Text) | 51735011383949 | Adult department | Available | - |
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At the time of his death, Louis Auchincloss—enemy of bores, self-pity, and gossip less than fresh—had just finished taking on a subject he had long avoided: himself. His memoir confirms that, despite the spark of his fiction, Auchincloss himself was the most entertaining character he has created. No traitor to his class but occasionally its critic, he returns us to his Society which was, he maintains, less interesting than its members admitted. You may differ as he unfurls his life with dignity, summoning his family (particularly his father who suffered from depression and forgave him for hating sports) and intimates. Brooke Astor and her circle are here, along with glimpses of Jacqueline Onassis. Most memorable, though, is his way with those outside the salon: the cranky maid; the maiden aunt, perpetually out of place; the less-than-well-born boy who threw himself from a window over a woman and a man. Here is Auchincloss, an American master, being Auchincloss, a rare eye, a generous and lively spirit to the end.
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