TY - BOOK AU - Trubek,Anne TI - A skeptic's guide to writers' houses SN - 9780812242928 (acidfree paper) AV - PS 141 .T 7 PY - 2011/// CY - Philadelphia PB - University of Pennsylvania Press KW - Authors, American KW - Homes and haunts KW - Literary landmarks KW - United States KW - Authors and readers KW - American literature KW - Appreciation N1 - Includes bibliographical references; The irrational allure of writers' houses -- Trying to find Whitman in Camden -- Never the Twain shall meet -- The Concord pilgrimage -- Hemingway's breadcrumb trail -- Not that Tom Wolfe -- Best-laid plans at Jack London State Historic Park -- The compensation of Paul Laurence Dunbar -- Poe houses and arrested decay -- At home with Charles Chesnutt and Langston Hughes -- American writers' houses open to the public ER -