BIB_ID
432756
Accession number
MA 9843
Creator
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1935 or 1936.
Credit line
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Twentieth-Century Literature Fund, 2018.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 10.6 x 21.6 cm
Notes
Title from the first line of the poem.
Written in cursive on a partial sheet of looseleaf lined paper.
The manuscript is one of several that were retained by Capote's English teacher John Langford. Upon Langford's death, the manuscripts were offered at auction by Charles Hamilton Gallery on March 4, 1982. Capote bid on and bought only this manuscript from the lot.
Written in cursive on a partial sheet of looseleaf lined paper.
The manuscript is one of several that were retained by Capote's English teacher John Langford. Upon Langford's death, the manuscripts were offered at auction by Charles Hamilton Gallery on March 4, 1982. Capote bid on and bought only this manuscript from the lot.
Provenance
Purchased from W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera, September 15, 2018; Truman Capote, John Langford, Truman Capote (purchased at 1982 auction), Andreas Brown, Eric Sherman.
Summary
A four-line poem written by the eleven- or twelve-year-old Capote for an English class taught by John Langford at Trinity School.
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