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A chance meeting : American encounters /

"Each chapter in this remarkable consideration of American culture evokes an actual meeting between two historical figures. In 1854, as a boy, Henry James has his daguerreotype made by Mathew Brady. We encounter Brady again as he photographs Walt Whitman and then Ulysses Grant. Meanwhile, Henry...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Rachel, 1973- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : The New York Review of Books, 2024.
Series:New York Review Books classics.
Subjects:
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Artists > United States > Biography.
Authors and artists > Biography.
Friendship > United States > History > 20th century.
Arts, American > 20th century.
United States > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Écrivains américains > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Artistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Écrivains et artistes > Biographies.
Amitié > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Arts américains > 20e siècle.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
Artists
Arts, American
Authors, American
Authors and artists
Friendship
Intellectual life
United States
1900-1999
Biographies
History
Biographies.

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