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An interview with biographer A. Scott Berg

BROADCAST: Oct. 25, 1978 | DURATION: 00:50:13

Synopsis

Studs interviews Berg about the biography, Maxwell Perkins: Editor of Genius, and the discovery and development of the classic American writers Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Thomas Wolfe.

*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations

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Broadcast Date
Oct. 25, 1978

Duration
50 minutes, 13 seconds

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Berg, A, Scott (Andrew Scott)--Interviews Berg, A. Scott (Andrew Scott). Max Perkins, editor of genius. Perkins, Maxwell E. (Maxwell Evarts), 1884-1947. Editors--Biography.--United States Book editors--Biography.--United States Authors, American- WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Audiotapes Radio programs Charles Scribner's Sons

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