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The Thoughtbook of F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Secret Boyhood Diary

The Thoughtbook of F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Secret Boyhood Diary

Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Page, Dave

Paperback

Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage

Biographies GeneralLiterary Figures

Publisher Price: $12.95

ISBN10: 0816679770
ISBN13: 9780816679775
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: Sep 1 2013
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

When F. Scott Fitzgerald was fourteen and living in the Crocus Hill neighborhood of St. Paul, he began keeping a short diary of his exploits among his friends, friendly rivals, and crushes. He gave the journal a title page--Thoughtbook of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald of St. Paul Minn. U.S.A.--and kept it securely locked in a box under his bed. He would later use The Thoughtbook as the basis for The Book of Scandal in his Basil Lee Duke stories, and brief sections were copied over the years for use by scholars and even published in Life magazine.Are you going to the Ordways'? the Herseys'? the Schultzes'? Here, for the first time, is a complete transcription of this charming, twenty-seven-page diary highlighting Fitzgerald's escapades among the children of some of St. Paul's most influential families--models for the families described in The Great Gatsby. Presented in a simple format for both scholars and general readers alike, The Thoughtbook of F. Scott Fitzgerald includes a new introduction by Dave Page that covers the history and provenance of the diary, its place and meaning in Fitzgerald's literary development, and its revelations about his life and writing process.

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