A Book About Myself: The Novelist's Newspaper Years
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Complete and unabridged, with 59 full-page plates by John Frederick Kensett, James McNeill Whistler and George Catlin. Dreiser's own account of his years as a young reporter in Chicago, St Louis and Pittsburgh - the papers, the poverty, the women and the moment he understood what he wanted to write. Published in 1922, it was later reissued as Newspaper Days. This edition includes 59 plates of paintings bound with the text, among them works by George Bellows, Albert Bierstadt and George Catlin.
Complete and unabridged, with 59 full-page plates by John Frederick Kensett, James McNeill Whistler and George Catlin. Dreiser's own account of his years as a young reporter in Chicago, St Louis and Pittsburgh - the papers, the poverty, the women and the moment he understood what he wanted to wri...
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Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was an American novelist born in Terre Haute, Indiana, into poverty. A newspaperman before he was a novelist, he was attacked for indecency throughout his career and became one of the central figures of American naturalism. His works include Sister Carrie, A Book About Myself, The Genius, and An American Tragedy.
Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945) was an American novelist born in Terre Haute, Indiana, into poverty. A newspaperman before he was a novelist, he was attacked for indecency throughout his career and became one of the central figures of American naturalism. His works include Sister Carrie, A Book Abou...
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