The Truman Nelson Reader

by Truman John Nelson and William J. Schafer

Truman Nelson (1911-1987) was a self-educated novelist, essayist, lecturer, and social activist. He never finished high school and supported himself in his early years as a factory worker, labor organizer, actor, and playwright. Encouraged by F. O. Matthiessen, he turned to writing and in 1952 published his first historical novel, The Sin of the Prophet, a study of Theodore Parker and the Anthony Burns case. That book earned him his picture on the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870236482
• ISBN13: 9780870236488
• Release Date: December 1988
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher