My Dear Mother
Stormy Boastful, and Tender Letters By Distinguished Sons--From Dostoevsky to Elvis
Biography & Memoir, Literary, Nonfiction, Family & Relationships
| Author: | Karen Elizabeth Gordon, Holly Johnson | ISBN: | 9781565127845 |
| Publisher: | Algonquin Books | Publication: | January 10, 1997 |
| Imprint: | Algonquin Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Karen Elizabeth Gordon, Holly Johnson |
| ISBN: | 9781565127845 |
| Publisher: | Algonquin Books |
| Publication: | January 10, 1997 |
| Imprint: | Algonquin Books |
| Language: | English |
This fascinating collection of letters between sons and mothers offers an intimate and unexpected glimpse into the mind and heart of the artist. Here are letters by over fifty writers, painters, and musicians, from boyhood to manhood--including Elvis Presley, Ezra Pound, E. B. White, Paul Cezanne, Henry James, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Richard Wagner, Victor Hugo, Jean Cocteau, Tennessee WIlliams, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
This fascinating collection of letters between sons and mothers offers an intimate and unexpected glimpse into the mind and heart of the artist. Here are letters by over fifty writers, painters, and musicians, from boyhood to manhood--including Elvis Presley, Ezra Pound, E. B. White, Paul Cezanne, Henry James, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Richard Wagner, Victor Hugo, Jean Cocteau, Tennessee WIlliams, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
