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College Of One: The Story of How F. Scott Fitzgerald Educated the Woman he Loved by Sheilah Graham (Paperback, 2013)
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In 1937, on the night of her engagement to the Marquess of Donegall, Sheilah Graham met F. Scott Fitzgerald at a party in Hollywood. Graham, a British-born journalist, broke off her engagement, and until Fitzgerald had a fatal heart attack in her apartment in 1940, the two writers lived the fervid, sometimes violent affair that is memorialized here with unprecedented intimacy. When they met, Fitzgerald's fame had waned. He battled crippling alcoholism while writing screenplays to support his daughter and institutionalized wife. Graham's star, however, was rising, to the point where she became Hollywood's highest-paid, best-read gossip columnist. But if Fitzgerald had lived out his crack-up in public, Graham kept her demons secret-such as that she believed herself to be a fascinating fake who pulled the wool over Hollywood's eyes.'' Most poignantly, she keenly felt her lack of education, and Fitzgerald rose to the occasion. He became her passionate tutor, guiding her through a curriculum of his own design- a college of one. Graham loved him the more for it, writing the book as a tribute. As she explained, An unusual man's ideas on what constituted an education had to be preseProduct Identifiers
PublisherMelville House Publishing
ISBN-139781612192833
eBay Product ID (ePID)149010768
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Book TitleCollege of One: the Story of How F. Scott Fitzgerald Educated the Woman He Loved
AuthorSheilah Graham
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicMemorials
Publication Year2013
Number of Pages292 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height203mm
Item Width127mm
Item Weight272g
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Title_AuthorSheilah Graham
Series TitleNeversink
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
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- 30 Dec, 2020
Love and a liberal arts education with a great writer recalled with warmth
A Neversink title worth keeping in print for the story of Sheila Graham and her life with F. Scott Fitzgerald, and his educational programme for her, the woman he loved.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
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