Beschreibung:
Why is it that we visit writers' houses? Although admittedly skeptical about the stories these buildings tell us about their former inhabitants, Anne Trubek carries us along as she falls at least a little bit in love with each stop on her itinerary and finds in each some truth about literature, history, and contemporary America.
1. The Irrational Allure of Writers' Houses2. Trying to Find Whitman in Camden3. Never the Twain Shall Meet4. The Concord Pilgrimage5. Hemingway's Breadcrumb Trail6. Not That Tom Wolfe7. Best-Laid Plans at Jack London State Historic Park8. The Compensation of Paul Laurence Dunbar9. Poe Houses and Arrested Decay10. At Home with Charles Chesnutt and Langston HughesAmerican Writers' Houses Open to the PublicNotesAcknowledgments