Jack L. Roberts

The Writers' Compound: The Story of Four American Authors in Key West by Jack L. Roberts
ISBN: 9780692184851
Starts with praise from other writers, a map of the compound showing other points of interest, Table of contents, Foreword, Prologue, acknowledgments Introduction and then the story.
There are also old black and white photographs n the book that are captioned.
Each of the writers has their own chapter that encompasses the same information as the others.
Love learning about authors and how their minds work.
Enjoyed this story because it also involves the spouses input, the location and lots of historic facts.
Also includes information about the men and how they met their wives, marriages and how they got along with others in the winter months, some stayed longer, some didn't come often.
Enjoyed hearing about their writings and the books they wrote that made them famous and how they lived up to the day they died.
A small community where all of them shared some common spaces, pool, walking the grounds, etc in the Key West area. Love that the roads were mentioned so you can really trace the paths taken.
Would enjoy reading more from this author because the work he put into the research and making it a fun read. Very descriptive and detailed.
Appendix: Key West Authors stating where they lived in the area and some have what genre they wrote.
Appendix where authors are chonologically shown from birth to death
Appendix of KW Literary Landmarks, interview notes and dates the quotes were obtained, and each chapters notes are included. Bibliography is included at the end.
About the author is included as well.
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