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In 1953 Flannery O'Connor was so pleased by Brainard Cheney's review of her much misunderstood first novel Wise Blood that she wrote the reviewer to thank him. What Cheney, himself a novelist, had said about the book was right on target. Very soon a friendship between this rising star of southern literature and Brainard and Frances Cheney was flourishing. Over the next eleven years there was a spirited exchange of letters and visits. Whenever possible, the Cheneys stopped by Andalusia, the O'Connor farm near Milledgeville, Georgia, and O'Connor was able to visit them at Cold Chimneys, their home in Smyrna, Tennessee. This fascinating book collecting their correspondence reveals a devoted fri...
Lisa R. Bartle offers a biographical sketch of American librarian Frances Neel Cheney (1906- ). Bartle highlights Cheney's personality, provides a career timeline, and lists Cheney's accomplishments, which include serving as president of the Association of American Library Schools and being awarded the Skinner Award of the Women's National Book Association.
Includes inclusive "Errata for the Linage book."
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