| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frequently Bought Together
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good biography that's inspirational to writers,
By
This review is from: E.B. White: A Biography (Paperback)
He's so much more than "Charlotte's Web" or "Stuart Little"! Read a volume of E.B. White's essays first and follow it up with this biography, and then you'll know almost everything about the man and his work. Author Scott Elledge was fortunate enough to have corresponded and visited with White; this work is therefore as accurate and as personal as one can be. It begins with the birth of Elwyn Brooks "Andy" White in Westchester County, N.Y., and follows his path to the West Coast as a young man and eventually back to New York and The New Yorker magazine, with diversions to a farm in Maine. The chapters about The New Yorker offices are the most interesting to those of us curious about how that publication works. And don't take that "Elements of Style" paperback on your bookshelf for granted! (And who *was* Strunk, anyway?) You'll learn here why White got involved in that project and what work went into its revision.
This book includes more than 30 pages of photos, illustrations, and original essay drafts. It's fascinating to see White's penciled editorial changes over his own typewritten paragraphs. Recommended for fans of E.B. White, fans of The New Yorker magazine, and writers of all genres.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not an intimate look but as close as White would have wanted,
By adkmilkmaid (New York State) - See all my reviews
This review is from: E.B. White: A Biography (Paperback)
The review below strikes me as unfair. Who DOES write like E.B. White? I thought Elledge's prose was decent, workmanlike, and unobtrusive. His scholarship seems excellent. Most important, Elledge is smart, respectful but not overawed -- he points out White's long immaturity and self-absorption -- and yet humane. (The more you delve into the world of biography, the more significant the last characteristic becomes.) He likes White and as a reader, you will too.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
E. B. White Admirers Will Be Doing Themselves A Favor,
By Franklin the Mouse (Gorham, ME USA) - See all my reviews
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: E.B. White: A Biography (Paperback)
Mr. Elledge has done E.B. White and the author's admirers a terrific service. If you enjoy Mr. White's writings, then do yourself a favor and read this wonderful book. It helped me to better understand how the author evolved into one of the United States' greatest 20th-century writers. Though Mr. Elledge was an admirer of Mr. White, he remains a biographer at heart and does not shy away from exposing a few less-than-flattering aspects of EBW's personality. This book is not an edge-of-your-seat nail biter, but more of a gentle stroll with a good friend. Ultimately, Mr. White comes across as a decent, humble and authentic human being. I finished the book with a renewed respect for the author of Charlotte's Web.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
E. B. WHITE'S BIRTHDAY IS JULY 11, CLEARLY A lucky day, he once said, because seven and eleven are lucky numbers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
warty bliggens, second tree from the corner, old cob Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mount Vernon, Stuart Little, Samuel White, One Man's Meat, Summit Avenue, Andy White, The Trumpet of the Swan, Camp Otter, Harold Ross, Allen Cove, Fifth Avenue, James Thurber, Blue Hill, New England, North Brooklin, Alice Burchfield, Bristow Adams, Bryn Mawr, Don Marquis, Gus Lobrano, The Conning Tower, Christopher Morley, Elwyn White, Great Pond, Greenwich Village New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
E. B. WHITE'S BIRTHDAY IS JULY 11, CLEARLY A lucky day, he once said, because seven and eleven are lucky numbers. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
warty bliggens, second tree from the corner, old cob Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Mount Vernon, Stuart Little, Samuel White, One Man's Meat, Summit Avenue, Andy White, The Trumpet of the Swan, Camp Otter, Harold Ross, Allen Cove, Fifth Avenue, James Thurber, Blue Hill, New England, North Brooklin, Alice Burchfield, Bristow Adams, Bryn Mawr, Don Marquis, Gus Lobrano, The Conning Tower, Christopher Morley, Elwyn White, Great Pond, Greenwich Village New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
3
books
cite this book:
- Left Hooks, Right Crosses: A Decade of Political Writing by Christopher Hitchens on page 341
- The Writing Teacher's Book of Lists with Ready-to-Use Activities and Worksheets , 2nd Edition by Gary Robert Muschla on page 320
- Using Beloved Classics to Deepen Reading Comprehension: Rich Lessons and Literature Response Activities That Improve Kids' Reading Comprehension, ... Every Reader (Scholastic Teaching Strategies) by Monica Edinger in Back Matter
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
