Thomas Boyd by Brian Bruce - ISBN: 9781931968331
Hardcover
Thomas Boyd attained only modest success as a novelist and biographer. This biography explores the events of Boyd’s life and rescues him from the realm of insignificance.

Thomas Boyd

Lost Author of the "Lost Generation"

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    188 pages

  • Release Date

    30 May 2006

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Summary

Mentored by F Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis and published under the renowned Scribner editor Maxwell Perkins, Thomas Boyd attained only modest success as a novelist and biographer. He is known most widely for his World War I novel Through the Wheat, which critics, praising its realistic depiction of war and battle, compared to the Red Badge of Courage. How does a writer like Boyd, with his prominent literary friends, political ideals, professional aspirations, complicated personal life,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781931968331
ISBN-10:1931968330
Author:Brian Bruce
Publisher:The University of Akron Press
Imprint:The University of Akron Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:188
Release Date:30 May 2006
Weight:480g
Dimensions:160mm x 225mm
Series:Ohio History and Culture (Hardcover)
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About The Author

Brian Bruce

Brian Bruce is currently teaching US History and Government at Friendswood High School. He received a bachelor’s degree in History and Political Science from the Stephen F. Austin State University and a master’s in History from the University of Houston Clear Lake. Prior to this book, he has published multiple articles on the life of Thomas Boyd.

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