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Wolfe was born on March 2, 1930, in Richmond, Virginia, the son of Helen Perkins Hughes Wolfe, a garden designer, and Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Sr. (1893–1972), an agronomist and editor of The Southern Planter. [2] [3] He grew up on Gloucester Road in the Richmond North Side neighborhood of Sherwood Park.
Library Journal called the book the most successful of Wolfe's three major biographies to that date [3] (it had been preceded by books by Wolfe's agent Elizabeth Nowell [4] (1960) and by Andrew Turnbull (1967), [5] both titled Thomas Wolfe: A Biography; other biographies have been published since).
Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern, [3] Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr., [4] Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585 Sr., [5] and Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590 Sr., [6] among others, 4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used.
In May 1938, Wolfe gave his manuscript to his new editor, Edward Aswell.According to John Halberstadt, "It was not a finished product in any sense. It was a collection of materials that [Wolfe's previous editor], Maxwell Perkins had cut from earlier novels, previously published sketches or even short novels, chapters in variant versions, fragments, new writing — only the 'enormous skeleton ...
This list of books about Thomas Wolfe (1900 – 1938) includes biographies, literary criticism, and like books. Wolfe is widely considered to be a major American novelist and short story writer of the early 20th century, and some critics consider some of his work to be worthy of inclusion in the American literary canon.
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By 1906, when Wolfe's mother, Julia E. (Westall) Wolfe (1860–1945), bought the house, it was a boarding house named "Old Kentucky Home". She soon went to live at her business with Tom, while the other Wolfes remained at their Woodfin Street residence. Wolfe lived at the boarding house until he went to the University of North Carolina in 1916 ...
Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. [Tom Wolfe] American author and journalist (March 2, 1930 – May 14, 2018) James T. Woodward (1837–1910), banker and owner of major thoroughbred horse dynasty Julian L. Yale (1850 – 1909), railroad entrepreneur, member of the Yale family [ 19 ]