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A New Orleans author in Mark Twain's court : letters from Grace King's New England sojourns /

"Shortly after Grace King wrote her first stories in post-Reconstruction New Orleans, she entered a world of famous figures and literary giants greater than she could ever have imagined. Notable writers and publishers of the Northeast bolstered her career, and she began a decades-long friendshi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: King, Grace Elizabeth, 1851 or 1852-1932 (Author)
Other Authors: Pfeffer, Miki (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2019]
Series:Hill collection.
Subjects:
King, Grace Elizabeth, > 1851 or 1852-1932 > Correspondence.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910 > Friends and associates.
King, Grace Elizabeth, > 1851 or 1852-1932.
Twain, Mark, > 1835-1910.
Authors, American > Louisiana > New Orleans > Correspondence.
Authors, American.
Friendship.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
Personal correspondence.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Steve Courtney
  • Prologue: Acquaintances made, mentors gained
  • The path, 1885-1886
  • Traveling north, 1887
  • Affections formed
  • Expanding vistas
  • Clemens voices, 1888
  • Deepened friendship
  • Busy times and time apart, 1889-1890
  • European plans, 1891
  • Europe at last, 1891-1892
  • With the Clemenses in Italy
  • Enduring ties, 1893-1899
  • Mournings, 1900-1910
  • Contextual bibliography and works cited
  • A note on the Grace King Collection / by Gina Costello.