{"product_id":"truman-capotes-southern-years-25th-marianne-m-moates-9780817358051","title":"Truman Capote's Southern Years, 25th Anniversary Edition: Stories from a Monroeville Cousin","description":"\u003cb\u003eCelebrates Marianne M. Moates's insightful and detailed account of Truman Capote's early childhood in Alabama as recounted by his cousin Jennings Faulk Carter\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Readers are well acquainted with Truman Capote's meteoric rise to fame and his metamorphosis from literary \u003ci\u003eenfant terrible\u003c\/i\u003e to literary genius, celebrity author, and dispenser of venomously comic witticisms. It is also well-known that he spent his formative years in the south Alabama hamlet of Monroeville, and that he was abandoned there by his mother to be cared for and then to care for elderly relatives. Yet details of those years have remained sketchy and vague. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Monroeville young Capote formed significant bonds and played childhood games with his cousin, Jennings Faulk Carter, and next door neighbor, Nelle Harper Lee, author of \"To Kill a Mockingbird\" and \"Go Set a Watchman.\" Through the tales told by Carter and spun into a fascinating and revealing narrative by Marianne M. Moates readers discover in \u003ci\u003eTruman Capote's Southern Years\u003c\/i\u003e the lively imagination and the early tragedies of a brilliant child. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A new foreword by Ralph F. Voss underscores the enduring relevance of Truman Capote's work and the influence his Alabama childhood had on his work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marianne M. Moates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817358056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817358051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 6.04w x 0.63d","brand":"Marianne M. Moates","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47136118767871,"sku":"9780817358051","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af005a80-214b-4b25-8e95-84214c7f8669.jpg?v=1755022402","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/truman-capotes-southern-years-25th-marianne-m-moates-9780817358051","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}