Background
Leary, Lewis was born on April 18, 1906 in Blauvelt, New York, United States. Son of Lewis Gaston and Beatrice Emily (Knight) Leary.
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Signed and personalized note by the author. Hardcover with dust jacket. Author, Lewis Leary. Lightly tanned pages due to age of book. Total 229 pages. Printed in the USA. Louisiana state University Press, Baton Rouge, publisher. Approximate size, 6 x 9. Has gold (deep yellow) cloth boards with clean and sharp corners. The dust jacket is faded, lightly worn edges and a 2-3 inch tear on the jacket on the spine. The book is in great condition. Originally sold for $27.50. 1971 edition and appears to be a first edition, doesn't out right say it, but all indications lead to it being a first edition. The pages are clean, the spine is tight and straight. This book is "a rich collection of essays by a distinguished literary critic whose writings are widely read both here and abroad. While the primary focus of the book is on Mark Twain, a transplanted Southerner, it ranges from Sidney Lanier and Kate Choplin, whose work most reflects what Leary calls the spirit of the South, to H. L. Mencken, who growled at what he considered the excesses of that spirit. The volume also includes essays on William Faulkner, George Washington Harris, and Lafcadio Hearn." Also includes much more! A very good book! *3BC4
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First edition. Biography of this early American bookseller and author. He is best known for inventing the Cherry tree episode for George Washington. Much information on travelling bookselling. xii, 158 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 8vo..
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Leary, Lewis was born on April 18, 1906 in Blauvelt, New York, United States. Son of Lewis Gaston and Beatrice Emily (Knight) Leary.
Bachelor of Science, University Vermont, 1928. Doctor of Laws, University Vermont, 1963. A.M., Columbia, 1932.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia, 1941.
Instructor English, American U., Beirut, 1928-1931;
faculty, U. Miami, 1935-1940;
associate Professor of English, U. Miami, 1938-1940;
faculty, Duke, 1941-1952;
professor American literature, Duke, 1950-1952;
Professor of English, Columbia, 1952-1968;
department chairman, Columbia, 1962-1968;
William Rand Kenan, Junior Professor of English, U. North Carolina, 1968-1976;
associate, National Humanities Center, 1978-1979. Special assistant Office of Strategic Services, Washington, Cairo, 1942-1945. Fulbright lecturer U. Amsterdam, 1957-1958.
Visiting professor University of Pennsylvania, 1958-1959, Swarthmore College, 1959-1960,Duke U., 1978.
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(Index, bibliography.)
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(College)
Member Modern Language Association, Bibliographical Society of America, American Antiquarian Society Clubs: Grolier (New York City), Century (New York City).
Married Mary Warren Hudson, March 7, 1932. Children— Carolyn (Mistress William Bartholet), Martha Hudson (Mistress Theodore Allen).