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A voice from old New York a memoir of my youth

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Main Author: Auchincloss, Louis
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
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Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
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Physical Description:xiii, 203 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9780547341538
0547341539
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.

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