Free Download James L. W. West III, "Business Is Good: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Professional Writer"
English | ISBN: 0271094877 | 2023 | 208 pages | PDF | 10 MB
Widely regarded as one of America's great authors, F. Scott Fitzgerald led a life of drama and extravagance that often overshadowed his writing career. This book refocuses attention on how Fitzgerald viewed and approached the business of writing. Fitzgerald scholar James L. W. West III explores the writer's professional life through personal letters, manuscripts, his business ledger, editions of his novels, and even a "seven-year plan." In assessing these diverse materials, West reveals fascinating details about what led Fitzgerald to follow authorship as a calling, why he took on certain projects, how he managed his finances, and what influenced his writing style. Connecting Fitzgerald's career to his literary texts, West also provides new information on the development and publication history of some of Fitzgerald's most important works, such as

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Free Download Jeffrey Meyers, "Scott Fitzgerald: A Biography"
English | 2014 | pages: 400 | ISBN: 0060190361, 0062316958 | EPUB | 2,5 mb
A full-scale portrait of one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century provides an in-depth critical analysis of Fitzgerald's life, writings, and the relationship between them. National ad/promo.

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Free Download Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CP69K2R6 | 2023 | 19 hours and 55 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 579 MB
Author: Judith Tick
Narrator: Carmen Jewel Jones
Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) possessed one of the twentieth century's most astonishing voices. Historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk-taker whose exceptional musical spontaneity made her a transformational artist. Becoming Ella Fitzgerald clears up long-enduring mysteries. Archival research and in-depth family interviews shed new light on the singer's difficult childhood, the tragic death of her mother, and the year she spent in a girls' reformatory school-where she sang in its renowned choir and dreamed of being a dancer. Rarely seen profiles from the Black press offer precious glimpses of Fitzgerald's tense experiences of racial discrimination and her struggles with constricting models of Black and white femininity. Breaking ground as a female bandleader, Fitzgerald refuted expectations of musical Blackness, deftly balancing artistic ambition and market expectations. Her legendary exploration of the Great American Songbook in the 1950s fused a Black vocal aesthetic and jazz improvisation to revolutionize the popular repertoire. This hybridity often confounded critics, yet Ella reached audiences around the world, electrifying concert halls, and sold millions of records. This book describes a powerful woman who set a standard for American excellence nearly unmatched in the twentieth century.

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Free Download Arthur Krystal, "Some Unfinished Chaos: The Lives of F. Scott Fitzgerald"
English | ISBN: 0813950619 | 2023 | 232 pages | EPUB | 411 KB
Surely enough has been written about F. Scott Fitzgerald, the man who coined "the Jazz Age" and symbolized the Roaring Twenties, whose very name conjures up a meteoric rise and an equally spectacular fall? But the better question might be, Why has so much ink been spent on a writer who completed only four novels, who fell from grace in the 1930s only to be resurrected twenty years later? The answer, according to the cultural critic Arthur Krystal, "is the problem that is Fitzgerald."

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Free Download Alexandra Mitchell, "The Complete Magazine Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1921-1924"
English | ISBN: 1399512218 | 2023 | 464 pages | PDF | 17 MB
As we celebrate the centennials of F. Scott Fitzgerald's works, this volume offers a timely new approach to the short stories of the Poet Laureate of the Jazz Age. Foregrounding reception, this volume is the first to bring together and reprint all of the magazine texts of the eighteen stories Fitzgerald published in American magazines between 1921 and 1924 - replicating, as closely as possible, the version of Fitzgerald's texts that were available to American audiences. Drawing attention to the nine different magazines where his stories appeared, this collection emphasises the size, scope and power of the American magazine market as the Jazz Age began, and situates Fitzgerald's works within the contexts where they were read by his largest audiences and where his reputation as a social historian was created, appreciated and solidified.

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Michael J. Hogan, "The Afterlife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy: A Biography"
English | ISBN: 1107186994 | 2017 | 324 pages | PDF | 31 MB
In his new book, Michael J. Hogan, a leading historian of the American presidency, offers a new perspective on John Fitzgerald Kennedy, as seen not from his life and times but from his afterlife in American memory. The Afterlife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy considers how Kennedy constructed a popular image of himself, in effect, a brand, as he played the part of president on the White House stage. The cultural trauma brought on by his assassination further burnished that image and began the process of transporting Kennedy from history to memory. Hogan shows how Jacqueline Kennedy, as the chief guardian of her husband's memory, devoted herself to embedding the image of the slain president in the collective memory of the nation, evident in the many physical and literary monuments dedicated to his memory. Regardless of critics, most Americans continue to see Kennedy as his wife wanted him remembered: the charming war hero, the loving husband and father, and the peacemaker and progressive leader who inspired confidence and hope in the American people.

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The Paper Dolls of Zelda Fitzgerald by Eleanor Lanahan
English | November 22, 2022 | ISBN: 1982187190 | True EPUB | 128 pages | 103 MB
A beautifully designed, full-color collection of paper dolls created by Zelda Fitzgerald, lovingly compiled by her granddaughter, Eleanor Lanahan.

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Luke Fitzgerald – The Life Charms Academy
In 18 months living in Bali we were able to feed thousands and give money to so many people. . . . and it's not enough.
There are more people starving now than before, more people without money than before.
Food and money is not the problem. The problem is that people lacked the skills to create for themselves in a way that didn't depend on everyone else.
This is why this Academy was created. It was created for all those who want to do, give and be more in life. For those who realize that they have the power within themselves to live the life the choose to.
And to never forget that this all started because of being in Bali. So this is for YOU and dedicated to the people of Bali, the place where my soul was transformed.

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Critical Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Literary Reference to His Life And Work By Mary Jo Tate, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli
2007 | 480 Pages | ISBN: 0816064334 | PDF | 5 MB
Known for his masterwork, ''The Great Gatsby'' and its criticism of American society during the 1920s, F. Scott Fitzgerald claimed the distinction of writing what many consider to be the ''great American novel.'' ''Critical Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald'' studies the legacy of this writer, highlighting significant themes and historical references of his various works. This revised, reorganized, and fully updated revision of ''F. Scott Fitzgerald A to Z'' contains extensive updates, including new critical commentary on all Fitzgerald's major novels and short stories. This accessible volume is illustrated with first edition dust jackets, portraits of Fitzgerald throughout his life, and pictures of friends, relatives, and contemporaries. Coverage includes: a biography detailing Fitzgerald's life; detailed synopses of all Fitzgerald's major and many minor works; descriptions of major characters; discussions of important people in Fitzgerald's life, including family and friends; and helpful bibliographies and a chronology of Fitzgerald's life.

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