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The lady with the Borzoi : Blanche Knopf, literary tastemaker extraordinaire
- Title
- The lady with the Borzoi : Blanche Knopf, literary tastemaker extraordinaire / Laura Claridge.
- Author
- Claridge, Laura P
- Publication
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
- Supplementary Content
- Cover image
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-6905 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 399 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Based on exclusive access to papers amassed by Susan Sheehan and Peter Prescott over the course of a quarter-century, this will be the definitive life of the legendary publisher"--
- Subjects
- Knopf, Blanche W., 1894-1966
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc History
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers
- Authors and publishers > United States > History > 20th century
- Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984
- Women publishers > United States > Biography
- Publishers and publishing > New York (State) > New York > Biography
- Literature publishing > United States > History > 20th century
- Books and reading > United States > History > 20th century
- Editors > United States > Biography
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-378).
- Contents
- Hungry for adventure -- The book lovers -- A third Knopf -- A new world outside her door -- Wild success -- Books of the twenties -- Harlem -- Mencken -- A well of loneliness -- Her own woman -- Lover -- Becoming free -- Money problems -- Harbingers of war -- Sigmund Freud, Thomas Mann and others -- A man of her own -- Going overseas -- The war's end -- More battles after all -- The second sex -- A wedding and other ribbons -- New territories -- A son's defection -- No more deals.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-6905
- ISBN
- 9780374114251
- 0374114250
- LCCN
- 2015034660
- OCLC
- 2015034660
- Author
- Claridge, Laura P, author.
- Title
- The lady with the Borzoi : Blanche Knopf, literary tastemaker extraordinaire / Laura Claridge.
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-378).
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- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-6905