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The Autobiography of S.S. McClure
by Willa Cather
ISBN: 0803263732
ISBN-13: 9780803263734
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Willa Cather wrote for McClure's magazine when she came to New York as a young writer; this is the story of its founder.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr
Published date: 1997
Size: 5.5 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
Pages: 266
Publisher's Notes
S. S. McClure was one of America's greatest editors and publishers in the lively era of muckraking reform. He is remembered for McClure's Magazine, which early in the twentieth century published the works of famous authors and social reformers. He was also the mentor of young Willa Cather. After leaving her position at McClure's in 1912, Cather ghosted this graceful portrait of her former boss. Cather's developing style is clear throughout The Autobiography of S. S. McClure. She goes far inside her subject to find his voice and catch the rhythms of his exciting life: his immigration from Ireland to America, his Horatio Alger-like rise from poverty and struggle to success. Cather shows the risks he took in forming the first newspaper syndicate in the United States, which gave him access to such literary masters as Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, and Robert Louis Stevenson. His extensive contacts were advantageous later in establishing McClure's, the medium for muckrakers like Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens. These famous figures, and many others, enter into The Autobiography of S. S. McClure, which was originally published in 1914, just as Cather was launching her own illustrious career as a novelist.
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF S. S. MCCLURE
Willa Cather
Lincoln, Nebraska: Bison Books, 1997. Previous owner's address block. Illustrated, 266 pages.. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Bracken Books (United States)
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