{"product_id":"artists-authors-charles-scribner-iii-9781493093632","title":"Artists \u0026 Authors: A Life in Good Company","description":"\u003cb\u003eJoin a literary insider for a behind-the-scenes tour of art heists, opera icons, and the golden age of publishing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eScribners: Five Generations in Publishing\u003c\/i\u003e comes this new collection of personal essays reflecting on the past fifty years of his pursuits and passions in literature, art, and music. Beginning with a memoir of his father's tutelage through letters to a young son away at school, it moves along to his \"dual professions\" on parallel tracks--book publishing and art history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBehind-the-scenes stories of famous Scribner authors F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe give way to the section on Scribner's forte, the art of the Baroque masters: a murderous Caravaggio and the two tycoons Rubens and Bernini. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom his role in a sting operation to recover a stolen Rubens painting on Miami Beach to his personal profiles of three luminous sopranos--Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Frederica von Stade, and Mary Costa--Scribner shares a fascinating peek into the life and loves of a Renaissance man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Scribner III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1493093630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781493093632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Charles Scribner III","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48014209614079,"sku":"9781493093632","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_40c85e53-3fca-4c60-ad61-1bf2ea186341.jpg?v=1767747354","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/artists-authors-charles-scribner-iii-9781493093632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}