Literary Washington
Author: David Cutler
Publisher:
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive reference for all things literary in the nation's capital.
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The Man Who Came Uptown
Author: George Pelecanos
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Published: 2018-09-04
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 0316479810
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the bestselling and Emmy-nominated writer behind HBO's We Own This City: a "gripping, surprisingly soulful" mystery about an ex-offender who must choose between the man who got him out and the woman who showed him another path (Entertainment Weekly). Michael Hudson spends the long days in prison devouring books given to him by the prison's librarian, a young woman named Anna who develops a soft spot for her best student. Anna keeps passing Michael books until one day he disappears, suddenly released after a private detective manipulated a witness in Michael's trial. Outside, Michael encounters a Washington, D.C. that has changed a lot during his time locked up. Once shady storefronts are now trendy beer gardens and flower shops. But what hasn't changed is the hard choice between the temptation of crime and doing what's right. Trying to balance his new job, his love of reading, and the debt he owes to the man who got him released, Michael struggles to figure out his place in this new world before he loses control. Smart and fast-paced, The Man Who Came Uptown brings Washington, D.C. to life in a high-stakes story of tough choices.
Literary Washington, D.C.
Author: Patrick Allen
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 2012-09-11
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 1595340785
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe public face of Washington-the gridiron of L'Enfant's avenues, the buttoned-down demeanor Sloan Wilson's archetypal "Man in the Grey Flannel Suit," the monumental buildings of the Triangle-rarely gives up the secrets of this city's rich life. But, beneath the surface there are countless stories to be told. From the early swamp days to the Civil War, the "gilded age" to the New Deal and McCarthy eras, as the center of world power to its underlying multicultural social fabric, Washington is a writer's town. While this is surprising to some, it is not news to the close observer. Alan Cheuse, in his foreword to Literary Washington, D.C. comments: "Part of this peculiar city's sense of place is that it serves as a capital for people who have no permanent sense of place. . . . War has brought us here, peace has brought us here, love has kept us here, and love or loss of love will give some of us reason to leave again. Which makes Washington, D.C. exactly like most other places in the rest of the country and the rest of the world-only more so." In fact, D.C. has been a magnet for great writers for centuries. Including novelists, poets, journalists, essayists, and politicians and patriots, finally, in Literary Washington D.C., the story of the capital of world power is finally told.
A Literary Guide to Washington, DC
Author: Kim Roberts
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2018-05-24
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 0813941180
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe site of a thriving literary tradition, Washington, DC, has been the home to many of our nation’s most acclaimed writers. From the city’s founding to the beginnings of modernism, literary luminaries including Walt Whitman, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Henry Adams, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston have lived and worked at their craft in our nation’s capital. In A Literary Guide to Washington, DC, Kim Roberts offers a guide to the city’s rich literary history. Part walking tour, part anthology, A Literary Guide to Washington, DC is organized into five sections, each corresponding to a particularly vibrant period in Washington’s literary community. Starting with the city’s earliest years, Roberts examines writers such as Hasty-Pudding poet Joel Barlow and "Star-Spangled Banner" lyricist Francis Scott Key before moving on to the Civil War and Reconstruction and touching on the lives of authors such as Charlotte Forten Grimké and James Weldon Johnson. She wraps up her tour with World War I and the Jazz Age, which brought to the city some writers at the forefront of modernism, including the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, Sinclair Lewis. The book’s stimulating tours cover downtown, the LeDroit Park and Shaw neighborhoods, Lafayette Square, and the historic U Street district, bringing the history of the city to life in surprising ways. Written for tourists, literary enthusiasts, amateur historians, and armchair travelers, A Literary Guide to Washington, DC offers a cultural tour of our nation's capital through a literary lens.
Literary Washington, D.C.
Author: Patrick Allen
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 2012-09-27
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 1595341250
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe public face of Washington-the gridiron of L'Enfant's avenues, the buttoned-down demeanor Sloan Wilson's archetypal "Man in the Grey Flannel Suit," the monumental buildings of the Triangle-rarely gives up the secrets of this city's rich life. But, beneath the surface there are countless stories to be told. From the early swamp days to the Civil War, the "gilded age" to the New Deal and McCarthy eras, as the center of world power to its underlying multicultural social fabric, Washington is a writer's town. While this is surprising to some, it is not news to the close observer. Alan Cheuse, in his foreword to Literary Washington, D.C. comments: "Part of this peculiar city's sense of place is that it serves as a capital for people who have no permanent sense of place. . . . War has brought us here, peace has brought us here, love has kept us here, and love or loss of love will give some of us reason to leave again. Which makes Washington, D.C. exactly like most other places in the rest of the country and the rest of the world-only more so." In fact, D.C. has been a magnet for great writers for centuries. Including novelists, poets, journalists, essayists, and politicians and patriots, finally, in Literary Washington D.C., the story of the capital of world power is finally told.
Washington, its sights and insights
Author: Harriet Earhart Monroe
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2023-07-10
Total Pages: 187
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Washington, its sights and insights" by Harriet Earhart Monroe. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Walks about Washington
Author: Francis E. Leupp
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2019-12-18
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Walks about Washington" by Francis E. Leupp Leupp was a member of the United States Board of Indian Commissioners from 1862 to 1895. His time in America allowed him to compare the cultures of this new country he found himself in and the one he was born into. This book isn't meant to be a historic text. Instead, it describes Washington, the people one encounters, and the types of conversations being in such a place can inspire.
The East
Author: Martin Ferdinand Morris
Publisher:
Published: 1880
Total Pages: 64
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKBethel Literary and Historical Association of Washington, D.C. Records
Author: Bethel Literary and Historical Association of Washington, D.C.
Publisher:
Published: 1895
Total Pages:
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains correspondence, minutes, notes, programs, and a history of the association. Persons represented include: John Wesley Cromwell, Sr. Other corporate bodies represented include: Union Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Walt Whitman in Washington, D.C.
Author: Garrett Peck
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2015-03-23
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 1625854854
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“An energetic study of the famed writer’s time in the nation’s capital and the loves of his life” (Washington Independent Review of Books). Walt Whitman was already famous for Leaves of Grass when he journeyed to Washington at the height of the Civil War to find his brother George, a Union officer wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Eventually, Whitman would serve as a volunteer “hospital missionary”—making more than six hundred hospital visits and serving over eighty thousand sick and wounded soldiers in the next three years. With the 1865 publication of Drum-Taps, Whitman became poet laureate of the Civil War, aligning his legacy with that of Abraham Lincoln. He remained in Washington until 1873 as a federal clerk, engaging in a dazzling literary circle and fostering his longest romantic relationship, with Peter Doyle. This fascinating blend of biography and history details the definitive account of Walt Whitman’s decade in the nation’s capital. Includes photos!
