Family Portrait

Boston: Little, Brown and Company / Atlantic Monthly Press, (1970).

Price: $20.00

Hardcover. First edition. 301pp. Illustrated. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few tiny spots, a touch of toning and light edgewear. A biography of the author's family, set in Philadelphia and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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Item #150574 Family Portrait. Catherine Drinker BOWEN.

Catherine Drinker Bowen
birth name: Catherine Drinker Bowen
born: 1/1/1897
died: 11/1/1973

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Biography

American historical biographer known for her partly fictionalized biographies. After attending the Peabody Institute and the Julliard School of Music, she became interested in writing. Not surprisingly, her earliest works were inspired by the lives of musicians. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore