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Author:
Nissley, Tom, 1967-
Title:
A reader's book of days : true tales from the lives and works of writers for every day of the year / Tom Nissley ; with illustrations by Joanna Neborsky.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
xv, 448 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject:
Literature--History and criticism.
Books and reading.
Best books.
Authorship.
Other Authors:
Neborsky, Joanna.
Notes:
Includes index.
Summary:
Book connoisseur Tom Nissley has combed literary history to capture the stories that make writers' lives perennially fascinating: their epiphanies, embarrassments and achievements. Each handsome page in A Reader's Book of Days is devoted to a day of the year, featuring original accounts of events in the lives of great writers, and fictional events that took place within beloved books.
ISBN:
0393239624 (hardcover)
9780393239621 (hardcover)
LCCN:
2013031250
Locations:
GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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