The true story of Appomattox [manuscript], 1934.

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The true story of Appomattox [manuscript], 1934.

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This single newspaper clipping is inscribed "Souvenir d'une visite / F. Scott Fitzgerald." The bogus clipping is one of three known copies of a joking account of the surrender which Fitzgerald had faked by the Baltimore Sun.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940

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F. Scott Fitzgerald was born Sept. 24, 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota. He began writing while a student at Princeton University. He met his wife, Zelda, while serving in the US Army stationed in Alabama. His novel, This Side of Paradise, was published in 1920 and he became an instant success. He published he Great Gatsby in 1925. Fitzgerald died on December 21, 1940 of a heart attack at age 44 while living in Los Angeles and working for the film industry....