Conrad Richter: A Writer's Life

by David R. Johnson

Book Overview

Conrad Richter: A Writer's Life is the story of an aspiring writer who failed and then, desperate for money, tried again and wrote himself out of penny-a-word pulp magazines and into a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award. Based upon unrestricted access to all of Richter's letters, journals, notebooks, and private papers, this biography offers an intimate account of Richter's personal struggle to achieve success in his own and in other people's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271020970
• ISBN13: 9780271020976
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.3"