Remembering my time with F. Scott Fitzgerald : typescript (copy) / by Paul B. Dickey, Princeton class of 1917.

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Remembering my time with F. Scott Fitzgerald : typescript (copy) / by Paul B. Dickey, Princeton class of 1917.

Concerns F. Scott Fitzgerald's experiences as a student at Princeton University from 1913 to 1916, as told by Paul B. Dickey. Dickey was Fitzgerald's roommate in 1915 in their junior year. He also worked with Fitzgerald in writing lyrics to musicals performed by the Princeton Triangle Club. This article chiefly concerns Fitzgerald's association with the Princeton Triangle Club and the various performances written by Fitzgerald, Dickey, and Booth Tarkington and performed in the years 1913-1916. Includes a typed copy of an article "Reminiscences of the Triangle Club," by Booth Tarkington and various performance reviews of "Safety First," "The-Evil-Eye," and Fie! Fie! Fi-fi!".

1 v. (35, [17] p.) ; 29 cm.

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Princeton University Library

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