James Agee: A Life

  
 
News and Updates 1
About Laurence Bergreen 2
Contacts and Inquiries 3
Titles  
Columbus: the Four Voyages 4
Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu 5
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan’s Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe 8
Voyage to Mars: NASA’s Search for Life Beyond Earth 11
Louis Armstrong: An Extravagant Life 14
Capone: The Man and the Era 16
As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin 17
James Agee: A Life 18
Look Now, Pay Later: The Rise of Network Broadcasting 19

Dutton Hardcover, 1984
Penguin Trade Paperback, 1985

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Washington Post

Told exceptionally well by Laurence Bergreen in what is, rather surprisingly, the first full Agee biography.... "James Agee: A Life" may be even be a better book than James Agee, the man or writer, deserved.
– Jonathan Yardly

Newsday

In this first full-scale life of multi-talented writer—poet, journalist, novelist, film critic, screenwriter—Laurence Bergreen has made the most of this bounty. His "James Agee: A Life" is a biography of uncommon style and substance with a sure feeling for the subtleties of character.... What the biographer has given us, in short, is a superb evocation of the writer.
– Dan Cryer

Accolades

· New York Times Notable Book, 1984

More Information

"Soundings" Interview at the National Humanities Center, North Carolina

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