A Voice From old New York : : a Memoir of my Youth
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Introduction: turning back -- Part I: How it was. Genealogy, et cetera -- John and Priscilla -- What some call "society" -- A few words about women -- Part II: Education and after. Teachers, beloved and otherwise -- My life in crime -- Bar 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.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: xiii, 203 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780547341538
0547341539
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Auchincloss, Louis.
Auchincloss, Louis -- Childhood and youth.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.