Farallon Island Publishing Co. records, 1960-1977.

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Farallon Island Publishing Co. records, 1960-1977.

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Correspondence, production materials, financial records and other papers pertaining to Angel Island Publications, later Farallon Island Publishing Co. Includes correspondence with Nelson Algren about a new edition of his "Chicago: City on the Make."

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981

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Nelson Algren, original name Nelson Ahlgren Abraham was born on March 28, 1909 in Detroit, Michigan and died May 9, 1981 in Sag Harbor, New York. Algren's writings focused on the poor, inspired by routine naturalism and its vision of pride, humour, and unquenchable yearnings. He captured the poetic essences of the city's underside: its jukebox pounding, distinguishable stench, and neon glare. Algren was raised in Chicago and later studied at the University of Illinois, where he graduated wit...

Angel Island Publications

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Farallon Island Publishing Co.

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Angel Island Publications, Inc., published CONTACT, the bi-monthly "San Francisco Collection of New Writing, Art and Ideas, " as well as a number of monographs. It was revived in the early 1970s as Farallon Island imprint. From the description of Farallon Island Publishing Co. records, 1960-1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500154 ...