Woodrow Wilson [LP]

Main Author: Auchincloss, Louis.
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language: English
Published: Thorndike, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2001.
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Item Description: Originally published: New York : Viking, 2000.
Physical Description: 173 p. ; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0786233753
Author Notes: Louis Auchincloss was born on September 27, 1917 in New York. He attended Groton College and Yale University and received a law degree from the University of Virginia. He served in the U.S. Navy for four years during World War ll. A practicing attorney, Auchincloss wrote his first novel, "The Indifferent Children," in 1947 under the pseudonym Andrew Lee, establishing a dual career as a successful lawyer and writer.

Born into a socially prominent family, Auchincloss generally writes about society's upper class. Strong family connections, well-bred manners, and corporate boardrooms are subject matter in such novels as "Portrait in Brownstone" and "I Come As a Thief." He has also written several biographical and critical works on such notable writers as Edith Wharton and Henry James.

Auchincloss was President of the Museum of the City of New York.

(Bowker Author Biography)