Double Lives

Reassesses the ways in which friendships among wome of America`s leading writers transformed their lives and influenced their literary output, from Nathaniel Hawthorne`s inspiration for Herman Melville, or the unlikely but enduring relationship between Mark Twin and William Dean Howells, to the intimate friendships among Beat Generation authors Alan Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Neal Cassdy. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.