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A Guide to the Study of the United States of America
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1828. Carl Van Vechten, 1880–
Van Vechten has been noted as an interpreter of jazz society life in New York City during the 1920’s. His first prominence came as a music critic, from which he branched off to essays in other fields. Essays from his early volumes were selected for Red: Papers on Musical Subjects (1925) and Excavations: A Book of Advocacies (1926). The "earlier" Tiger in the House (1920) was a book on cats in history, folklore, and the arts. With Peter Whirfie (1922) Van Vechten turned to fiction, the form in which he became most famous; this was a humorous, "sparkling," "civilized" book about Bohemian life in New York before World War I. His last novel, Parties (1930)brought the record of frivolous life in New York City up to the depression. In 1932 he published a series of autobiographical essays in Sacred and Profane Memories. As the mode of life with which he is associated became a thing of the past, Van Vechten ceased to write extended works. Since then he has appeared primarily as an editor or as the author of introductions; much of his time has been devoted to photography.
1829. The blind bow-boy. New York, Knopf, 1923. 261 p. 23-11805 PZ3.V368Bl
A novel about fashionable life in New York in the 1920’s.
1830. The tattooed countess; a romantic novel with a happy ending. New York, Knopf, 1924. 286 p. 24-21077 PZ3.V368Ta
A commentary on the culture of a small Iowa town, to which the heroine returns on a visit to her sister. The time is the late 19th century.
1831. Firecrackers; a realistic novel. New York, Knopf, 1925. 246 p. 25-16657 PZ3.V368Fi
A story of New York in the mid 1920’s.
1832. Nigger heaven. New York, Knopf, 1926. 286 p. 26-15403 PZ3.V368Ni
A novel depicting Negro life and customs in Harlem.
1833. Spider boy; a scenario for a moving picture. New York, Knopf, 1928. 297 p. 28-19963 PZ3.V368Sp
A humorous novel on Hollywood.
1834. Jonas, Klaus W. Carl Van Vechten, a bibliography. New York, Knopf, 1955. xii, 82 p. 55-7911 Z8926.J6
1835. Lueders, Edward G. Carl Van Vechten and the twenties. [Albuquerque] University of New Mexico Press, 1955. 150 p. 55-5451 PS3543.A653Z8
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Chicago: "1828. Carl Van Vechten, 1880–," A Guide to the Study of the United States of America in Donald H. Mugridge, Blanche P. McCrum, and Roy P. Basler, a Guide to the Study of the United States of America (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1960), Pp.147-148 148. Original Sources, accessed March 16, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=524216S6VLCV1Z1.
MLA: . "1828. Carl Van Vechten, 1880–." A Guide to the Study of the United States of America, in Donald H. Mugridge, Blanche P. McCrum, and Roy P. Basler, a Guide to the Study of the United States of America (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1960), Pp.147-148, page 148. Original Sources. 16 Mar. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=524216S6VLCV1Z1.
Harvard: , '1828. Carl Van Vechten, 1880–' in A Guide to the Study of the United States of America. cited in , Donald H. Mugridge, Blanche P. McCrum, and Roy P. Basler, a Guide to the Study of the United States of America (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1960), Pp.147-148, pp.148. Original Sources, retrieved 16 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=524216S6VLCV1Z1.
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