The Last Romantic

by John Hall Wheelock, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli, Judith Baughman

2002 · Univ of South Carolina Press

Wheelock's (1886-1978) memoir is based on tape recorded interviews conducted in 1967 for the Oral History Research Office at Columbia U., with Wheelock's stipulation that they not be used until January 1, 1990. In addition to his writing of poetry as a schoolboy, and a Harvard apprenticeship, the text covers his career as a poet, his friendships with a wide range of literary figures, and the 46 years spent at Charles Scribner's Sons as an editor who assisted and then succeeded Maxwell Perkins as editor in chief. Bruccoli (English, U. of S. Carolina) is considered the leading authority on the House of Scribner and its authors. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children

by Theodore Iv Roosevelt

2010 · Applewood Books

This collection of letters from the 26th President to his six children was an immediate bestseller when it was originally published in 1919.