Creating The Life of Paul Dresser: When Max Ehrmann met Theodore Dreiser in Washington

by Tim Dalgleish

In November 1923, Max Ehrmann, author of the classic Desiderata, interviewed Theodore Dreiser, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. For two days, they discussed the life of Paul Dresser (Dreiser's brother), the composer of On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away, one of the best-selling songs of the nineteenth century. When Dresser died, in 1906, he was a penniless alcoholic. Ehrmann was determined to rehabilitate his image. Dalgleish,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BXNFH9F3
• ISBN13: 9798376922729
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"