Screening History

Vidal, Gore; Box, Edgar

ISBN 10: 0674795873 / ISBN 13: 9780674795877

Published by Harvard Univ Pr, Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 1994

About this Item

first edition/second printing book is tight with no markings, short gift inscription on half title page, minor rubbing to wraps.

Seller Inventory # 015469

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Screening History
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr, Cumbreland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674795873
• ISBN 13: 9780674795877
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Edition/Second Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • ART/PHOTOGRAPHY/DANCING

About this title

Synopsis

Vidal intertwines fond recollections of films savored in the movie palaces of his Washington, D.C., boyhood with strands of autobiography and trenchant observations about American politics. Never before has the renowned author revealed so much about his own life or written with such immediacy about the forces shaping America. 26 halftones.

About the Author

Gore Vidal has been at the centre of literary and intellectual life for half a century and wrote 'The Narratives of a Golden Age' series as well as countless bestsellers. He died on 31st July 2012.