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Definitive biography of Bernard DeVoto (1897-1955); essayist, novelist, historian, and social and literary critic

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"A battlefield panorama of the literary world from 1920 to 1955."--New York Times Book Review. "One of the best-written biographies ... It consistently goes beyond the limits of its subject to illuminate what it meant to be a writer in the America of the '30s, '40s, and '50s."--Time.