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Tom: The Unknown Tennessee Williams

Lyle Leverich

The bedrock, authoritative account of the little-known early life of Tennessee Williams. "Plainly a work of distinction...It will be great service to Williams's reputation and among other things may bring more of the young to an appreciation of his achievement."--Arthur Miller. Black-and-white photographs.

BiographyBiography · high confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: LGBTQ biography and memoir -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: Biography: general -> BiographyLiterary BiographyLiterature & Writers

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyMajor1996FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Tennessee Williams90%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    30 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

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