{"product_id":"clarence-day-wendy-veevers-carter-9780595387496","title":"Clarence Day: An American Writer","description":"The life of Clarence Day, beloved author of \u003ci\u003eLife With Father\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLife With Mother\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGod and My Father\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThis Simian World\u003c\/i\u003e, is revealed for the first time in \u003ci\u003eClarence Day: An American Writer\u003c\/i\u003e. Using her father's diaries and family letters, Day's daughter, Wilhelmine Day Blower, creates a lively portrait of her father's Victorian boyhood, escapades at Yale, and naval experiences in the Spanish-American War-until he was struck down with rheumatoid arthritis. \u003cp\u003eForced to abandon an active life on Wall Street at the age of twenty-five, Day struggled to make a career as a writer and illustrator. His life with his hot-tempered father, energetic mother, and three redheaded brothers is the background to his best-known book, \u003ci\u003eLife With Father\u003c\/i\u003e, which was later produced as a play and a Hollywood film.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlower also shares with the reader other aspects of her father's life, including his unusual marriage and his contribution to the success of a new magazine called \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eClarence Day: An American Writer\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly captures the dedication of one of America's favorite authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wendy Veevers-Carter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595387497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595387496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.15d","brand":"Wendy Veevers-Carter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096688009471,"sku":"9780595387496","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/clarence-day-wendy-veevers-carter-9780595387496","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}