A Bridge of Childhood: Truman Capote's Southern Years

by Marianne M. Moates

A compilation of autobiographical tales from Truman Capote's childhood portrays his boyhood during the twenties and thirties in the rural South and how it influenced his adult writings

Genres: Biography

240 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1989

Reviews

[Seth Arnopole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stories from Truman Capote’s childhood, as told by his cousin. Some of the events and people showed up in lightly disguised form in Capote’s and Harper Lee’s work (she was a neighbor). This one is most useful for filling in more details about Capote’s mother’s family than what appears in the biographies.

[Celia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascination story of Truman Capote's interpersonal relationships in a small southern town in Alabama.