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Book SynopsisTheodore Dreiser was a controversial figure in his time because of his literary efforts, and of his personal life, which featured numerous sexual liaisons, included membership in the communist party, merited a 180-page FBI file, and ended in Hollywood. This biography weaves Dreiser's literary achievement into the context of his life.
Trade Review"Jerome Loving has produced an immensely readable, lively, detailed account of Theodore Dreiser's life, always with one eye on Dreiser's great books. This is vivid biography, bringing the man very much to life. The streets, the newsrooms, the rented rooms, the yearning of the young Dreiser for money, fame, women, good things in life, keeps reminding the reader of Dreiser's own Carrie and Clyde." - Robert D. Richardson, Jr., author of Emerson: The Mind on Fire
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Hoosier Hard Times 2. A Very Bard of a City 3. This Matter of Reporting 4. Survival of the Fittest 5. Editorial Days 6. The Writer 7. Sister Carrie 8. Down Hill and Up 9. Return of the Novelist 10. Life after the Titanic 11. The Genius Himself 12. Back to the Future 13. An American Tragedy 14. Celebrity 15. Tragic America 16. Facing West Selected Works of Theodore Dreiser Abbreviations Notes Index
