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The Thoughtbook of F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Secret Boyhood Diary

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Description for The Thoughtbook of F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Secret Boyhood Diary Paperback. Editor(s): Page, Dave. Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book. Num Pages: 88 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.

When F. Scott Fitzgerald was fourteen and living in the Crocus Hill neighborhood of St. Paul, he began keeping a short diary of his exploits among his friends, friendly rivals, and crushes. He gave the journal a title page—Thoughtbook of Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald of St. Paul Minn. U.S.A.—and kept it securely locked in a box under his bed. He would later use The Thoughtbook as the basis for “The Book of Scandal” in his Basil Lee Duke stories, and brief sections were copied over the years for use by scholars and even published in Life magazine. “Are you going to the Ordways’? the Herseys’? the Schultzes’?” Here, for the first time, is a complete transcription of this charming, twenty-seven-page diary highlighting Fitzgerald’s escapades among the children of some of St. Paul’s most influential families—models for the families described in The Great Gatsby. Presented in a simple format for both scholars and general readers alike, The Thoughtbook of F. Scott Fitzgerald includes a new introduction by Dave Page that covers the history and provenance of the diary, its place and meaning in Fitzgerald’s literary development, and its revelations about his life and writing process.

One of the earliest known works by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Thoughtbook provides a unique glimpse of Fitzgerald as a young boy and his social circle as they played among the grand homes of Summit Avenue, making up games, starting secret societies, competing with rivals, and (at all times) staying up-to-date on who exactly is vying for whose attention.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
Series
Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book
Number of Pages
88
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816679775
SKU
V9780816679775
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About F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and spent much of his youth living in the Crocus Hill neighborhood. He went on to become one of the most famous American novelists of the twentieth century, often drawing on his youthful experiences in St. Paul in his stories and novels.

Reviews for The Thoughtbook of F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Secret Boyhood Diary
The Thoughtbook is a fascinating document. You can see the social analyst, the novelist of manners, just beginning to develop.—James L. W. West III, General Editor, Cambridge Fitzgerald Edition

Goodreads reviews for The Thoughtbook of F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Secret Boyhood Diary


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