| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
xi, 850 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 797-826) and index. |
| Contents |
Prelude -- Origins, 1776-1925 -- A Washington Childhood, 1925-1939 -- First Flight, 1935-1939 -- Brave New World, 1939-1941 -- Proudly Unfurled, 1941-1943 -- A Border Lord, 1943-1946 -- Two Eagles, 1946-1947 -- The Golden Age, 1947-1948 -- Byron Without Greece, 1948-1950 -- A Room of His Own, 1950-1955 -- Intolerable Absences, 1955-1957 -- Open and Shut, 1957-1960 -- Something to Say, 1960-1963 -- Delphi, 1963-1966 -- Trapped in a Nightmare, 1965-1968 -- From Chicago to Ravello, 1969-1972 -- The View from La Rondinaia, 1972-1978 -- The Same Sinking Boat, 1978-1986 -- Scenes from Later Life, 1987-1996. |
| Summary |
"From his Washington childhood, a world of high political and social connections and domestic turmoil, to his Exeter education and U.S. Army experiences; from his Hollywood and television career to his literary life as a novelist, playwright, and essayist; from his friendships and feuds with Tennessee Williams, Anais Nin, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, and William Buckley to his exploration of homosexuality and celebration of bisexuality; from his cool satirical analyses of "the rich, the famous and the powerful" to his projection of himself onto the national stage of television talk shows and political ambition, Gore Vidal has been both participant in and spectator at the centers of American power. Fred Kaplan enjoyed complete access to Vidal's papers, letters, and private photographs, as well as television and newsreel footage, but was guaranteed a free hand by Vidal to write as he saw fit."--Jacket. |
| Subject |
Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Vidal, Gore, 1925-2012 (OCoLC)fst01800233
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Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
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Vidal, Gore, 1925-
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American authors -- Biography.
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0385477031 |
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9780385477031 |
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