Contributions

  • Dwight MacDonald (Introduction) - Contributor

Publication

1988-04-01 - Da Capo

Language

English

Word Count

86,000 words, Guess

Page Count

344 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

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First Sentence

Down through the years my face has been called a sour puss, a dead pan, a frozen face, The Great Stone Face, and, believe it or not, "a tragic mask" On the other hand that kindly critic, the late James Agee, described my face as ranking "almost with Lincoln's as an early American archetype, it was haunting, handsome, almost beautiful" I can't imagine what the great rail splitter's reaction would have been to this, though I sure was pleased.

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