Truman Capote's Southern Years: Stories from a Monroeville Cousin

by Marianne M. Moates

Overview

Although much is known about the mature Truman Capote--his literary genius and flamboyant life-style--details of his childhood years spent in Monroeville, Alabama, have remained a mystery. Truman Capote's Southern Years explores Capote's formative years, the abandonment by his mother, and his early life in the care of elderly relatives. In Monroeville young Capote formed significant bonds and played childhood games with his cousin, Jennings Faulk Carter, and next door neighbor, Nelle Harper Lee. Through the tales told here by Carter, readers discover the lively imagination and the early tragedies of a brilliant child.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780817387136
Publisher:	University of Alabama Press
Publication date:	02/09/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Marianne M. Moates is an independent writer from Butler, Alabama.

Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction 1. Sook's Secret 2. Miss Jenny's Halloween Party 3. Orange Beach 4. Captain Wash and the Hen-and-Chickens Succulent 5. The Carnival 6. The Trimotor Ford 7. Popguns, Rubber Guns, and Jenny 8. The Case of the Mysterious Lady Photographs to follow page 118 9. Boss 10. The White Elephant 11. Arch 12. The Cottan-Bale Caper 13. Lil George 14. Hatter's Mill 15. Broadway 16. Broadway, Act II Epilogue Index

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Booknews

"A significant contribution to the social history of the era, Truman Capote's Southern Years is delightfully entertaining reading. While we will never know all the reasons for Capote's self-destructive nature, Truman Capote'sSouthern Years gives us some insight into how and why Capote became what he was, both good and bad."
—Southern Living

"The young Truman Capote who emerges from these amusing recollections is quick-witted, scheming, mercurial, and a born leader in mischievous escapades."
—Publisher's Weekly

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