About this title: "Terrible Honesty" is a portrait of the soul of a generation, the story of the men and women who made New York the capital of American literature, music, and language in the 1920s. Ann Douglas's magnificent account of "mongrel Manhattan" focuses especially on brilliant and diverse artists - F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dorothy Parker, Eugene O'Neill, Walter Winchell, Ernest Hemingway and Irving Berlin among them - and on those who influenced them most strongly, the powerful figures of Sigmund Freud, William James and Gertrude Stein. Ann Douglas argues that when, after World War I, the United States ...
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780374116200ISBN:0374116202
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 605 p. Audience: General/trade. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Ex-library! Protective mylar covering. Withdrawn stamped in book front and back. Card holder may or may not be present. No markings noted in text. Good: Copy has been read, but remains in good condition. Normal shelf wear on edges and corners. Binding is tight. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners. Spine has wear at edges. Dust jacket has some wear. read more
Description: Good. 1995-Hardcover----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Acceptable. 1997-Paperback----Used-Acceptable-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Good. 1997-Paperback-Cover shows minor shelf wear. ---Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780374116200ISBN:0374116202
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 605 p. Audience: General/trade. perfect condition-book and jacket read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, NY C.1995
ISBN-13:9780374116200ISBN:0374116202
Description: Small quarto, hardcover, fine in near fine black and white pictorial dj. Skyscraper New York was the birthplace of those all-powerful colonizers of space, the media. Swindled for a handful of beads from the Indians, NY in the 1920's celebrated excitement, danger, record-breaking, catastrophies and farce--all in full view of the spectators. 606 pp. including index. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition, First Printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Noonday Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780374524623ISBN:0374524629
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A very good paperback copy, seemingly unread and still much like new. The binding is solid and square, and there are no reading creases in the spine. The cover shows only mild wear, namely some slight rubbing of the edges. The text is entirely free of marks, notes and underlining. --------------------------------------------------------------------------An ambitious work of cultural history, that gathers up all the many strands of change that were active during ... read more
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux, NY
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780374116200ISBN:0374116202
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/NF(surface scratches) 8vo. 606pp. 16 Photos, Bibliographical Essay And Selected Discography, Index. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780374116200ISBN:0374116202
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Black 1/4 cloth. 3rd printing hardcover. As issued. xiii, 606 pp., illus. w/ b&w plates. read more
Description: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c1995, ; First edition, hardcover, b/w photos, indexed, 606 pages, clean, bright and solid, VERY GOOD, in a VERY GOOD bright dustjacket, in a new clear mylar DJ cover. A nice copy you will be happy to own! read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780374116200ISBN:0374116202
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 0374116202. First Edition, signed by Author. A very nice copy with clean, bright interior pages. DJ in very nice condition with mylar cover.; 8vo; 605 pages; Signed by Author. read more
Edition: Third Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780374116200ISBN:0374116202
Description: Very Good Plus in Very Good Price Clipped jacket. 9 1/2 X 6 1/4. Jacket in a crystal-clear polyester protector. Pages are tight, bright and clean. Binding very firm and straight. Board edges and corners unworn. No apparent wear. Very small red dot on bottom edge and letter A on top edge. read more
Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780330346832ISBN:0330346830
Description: Good. Ex library **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
"i should read more books like this cause it is so challenging. reading this is work and work is good for the mind. i can t give it more than 3 stars cause she tries to cover too much ground. i love the 20s and have read much about it-fitzgerald bios including ZELDA. bio of g stein,bio of hemingway,bio of dorothy parker. short stories by ernest,f scott, dottie,stein. i know the 20s but i forget much of what i read but i won t read TERRIBLE HONESTY a 2nd time."
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