Literary Luminaries of the Berkshires:: From Herman Melville to Patricia Highsmith - Softcover

Drew, Bernard A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1626198772 ISBN 13: 9781626198777

Publisher: The History Press, 2015

Synopsis

The Massachusetts Berkshires have long been a mecca for literary greats from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Edith Wharton to Sinclair Lewis and Joan Ackermann. The Green River in Great Barrington inspired William Cullen Bryant's poetry. Charles Pierce Burton's childhood hometown, Adams, became the setting for his frolicking Boys of Bob's Hill juvenile books. During an interlude in Lenox, Patricia Highsmith consulted a local undertaker for details to use in The Talented Mr. Ripley. Bernard A. Drew brings together a fascinating chronicle of some 250 wordsmiths who took inspiration from the hills and valleys of the Berkshires.

About this title

About the Author:

Bernard A. Drew of Great Barrington is a longtime weekly newspaper reporter and editor. He is a columnist for the Berkshire Eagle and the Lakeville Journal. His more than fifty published books include scholarly references and Berkshire County histories. He is an avid reader and collector of anecdotes about local authors.

About this edition

• Publisher: The History Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1626198772
• ISBN 13: 9781626198777
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144