Moates, Marianne M. <br/><br/>
Truman Capote's Southern Years  Stories from a Monroeville Cousin. 

 - Tuscaloosa :  University of Alabama Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (255 pages) 
<br/><br/> Description based upon print version of record. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Acknowledgments; Prologue; Introduction; 1. Sook's Secret; 2. Miss Jenny's Halloween Party; 3. Orange Beach; 4. Captain Wash and the Hen-and-Chickens Succulent; 5. The Carnival; 6. The Trimotor Ford; 7. Popguns, Rubber Guns, and Jenny; 8. The Case of the Mysterious Lady; Photographs to follow page 118; 9. Boss; 10. The White Elephant; 11. Arch; 12. The Cottan-Bale Caper; 13. Lil George; 14. Hatter's Mill; 15. Broadway; 16. Broadway, Act II; Epilogue; Index 
<br/><br/> Although much is known about the mature Truman Capote--his literary genius and flamboyant life-style--details of his childhood years spent in Monroeville, Alabama, have remained a mystery. Truman Capote's Southern Years explores Capote's formative years, the abandonment by his mother, and his early life in the care of elderly relatives. In Monroeville young Capote formed significant bonds and played childhood games with his cousin, Jennings Faulk Carter, and next door neighbor, Nelle Harper Lee. Through the tales told here by Carter, readers discover the lively imagination and. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780817387136 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Capote, Truman, 1924-1984 --Homes and haunts--Alabama--Monroeville.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Alabama.<br/>Authors, American.<br/>Capote, Truman.<br/>Monroeville (Ala.).<br/>Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Alabama--Monroeville.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3505  / .T786 2013