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1 online resource (1 audio file (13hr., 20 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Barry Press. |
| Summary |
A veteran of the Washington Post and Miami Herald, Tom Shroder has made a career of investigative journalism and human-interest stories. His most fascinating reporting, however, comes from within his own family: Shroder's grandfather, MacKinlay Kantor, was the world-famous author of Andersonville, the seminal novel of the Civil War. As a child, Shroder was in awe of the larger-than-life character. Kantor's friends included Ernest Hemingway, Carl Sandberg, Gregory Peck, and James Cagney. He wrote the novel Glory for Me, which became the multi-Oscar-winning film The Best Years of Our Lives. Kantor also suffered from alcoholism, an outsized ego, and an overbearing, abusive, and publicly embarrassing personality where his family was concerned; he blew through a small fortune in his lifetime, dying nearly destitute and alone. In The Most Famous Writer Who Ever Lived, Shroder revisits the past-Kantor's upbringing, his early life, and career trajectory-and writes not just the life story of one man but a meditation on fame, family secrets, and legacies, and what is remembered after we are gone. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Kantor, MacKinlay, 1904-1977.
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Kantor, MacKinlay, 1904-1977 -- Family.
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Shroder, Tom -- Family.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.
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Press, Barry.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781515926283 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1515926281 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11727086 |
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