Lloyd Downs Lewis
Born: 1891 Chicago, Illinois
Pen Name: None Connection to Illinois: After 12 years as publicist for Balaban and Katz, Lewis in 1930 joined the Chicago Daily News as drama critic, becoming subsequently sports editor, managing editor, and a popular columnist. Biography: Lewis was an ardent Chicagoan and Midwesterner with a voracious interest in the Civil War. His friends included Carl Sandburg, Sherwood Anderson, Frank Lloyd Wright, Sinclair Lewis, and Adlai Stevenson. Chicago's Newberry Library was his second home; drawing on his personal contacts, he established the library's superb collection of modern (chiefly Midwestern) manuscripts.
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| Rejuvenile : ISBN: 1299203019 OCLC: 842859674 Three Rivers, New York : 2006. |
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The assassination of Lincoln : ISBN: 1567314090 OCLC: 47769538 MJF Books, New York " : [2000?] This unique book, first published in the 1920's, was the first -- and remains perhaps the best -- telling of the tale of Lincoln's death and the events immediately following. |
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The assassination of Lincoln : ISBN: 0803279493 OCLC: 29753294 University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln : ©1994. |