Bibliograph

The millionaire and the bard, Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio, Andrea E. Mays

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The millionaire and the bard, Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio, Andrea E. Mays

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-316) and index

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contains biographical information

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The millionaire and the bard

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

883146710

Responsibility statement

Andrea E. Mays

Sub title

Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio

Summary

"Today it is the most valuable book in the world. Recently one sold for over five million dollars. It is the book that rescued the name of William Shakespeare and half of his plays from oblivion. The Millionaire and the Bard tells the miraculous and romantic story of the making of the First Folio, and of the American industrialist whose thrilling pursuit of the book became a lifelong obsession." --, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- The Good [That Men Do] Is Oft Interred with Their Bones -- Adieu...Remember Me -- Whatever You Do, Buy -- My Shakespeare, Rise -- Had I the Money, You Would Come... -- Had I the Means, I would not Hesitate to Buy -- The Most Precious Book in the World -- A Shakespeare Discovery -- Do... Devise Some Way to Get the Books -- The False Folio -- I Am an American -- Portrait of a Collector -- Thou Art a Moniment, Without a Tombe -- It is the Key of our Hearts -- Epilogue

Target audience

adult

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Henry Folger's obsessive hunt for Shakespeare's first folio

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