New York Mosaic the Novels of Isabel Bolton: Do I Wake or Sleep, the Christmas Tree, Many Mansions

by Isabel Bolton

Book Overview

Mary Britton Miller was in her sixties when she published the first of these collected novels under the name Isabel Bolton. Do I Wake or Sleep was praised by Edmund Wilson in The New Yorker (She has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883642280
• ISBN13: 9781883642280
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Steerforth Press
• Length: 401 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The idea behind the re-issue of I. Bolton's works.

Isabel Bolton was a well considered writer, but forgotten by the 1990's. Leonard Goldstein the late NYC businessman greatly admired Bolton's work amd was instrumental in getting Bolton back in print. Goldtein was a writer for the now defunct New York Native weekly. He was also active in both the NYC literary and political worlds. In 1995 Goldstein approached Michael Moore of Steerforth Press with the idea to re-publish these three Bolton works (There are several other novels, but Golsdstein considered these three the superior). Goldstein sent these to Moore. Moore replied that he did not know the works, but after reviewing them, thought they were "too old fashioned". Goldstein did not give up. Even though he was dying of lung cancer, he contacted and met with Bolton's heirs to ask their permission to have these books re-issued. Shortly after this Goldstein died.I was shocked and pleased to see the "New York Mosaic - Three Novels By Isabel Bolton" in bookstores in Jan. of this year. Doris Grumbach, a fine writer and a commentator for NPR, did the intro. (Goldstein had suggested that Diana Trilling do the intro. Trilling had accepted, but died shortly afer Goldstein.) Grumbach writes that she had sent Moore ONE of the vary same novels and he had rejected it as "too old fashioned". Moore must have not only changed his mind, but decided to re-publish Grumbach's suggestion along with the other two novels Goldstein had proposed.It is good that these fine writings are now back in print. I am sure that Goldstein would be pleased they are. What is just plain wrong is that Moore did not give any note or mention in the book jacket or elsewere that the idea and spark for the re-issue of these novels came to him from Leonard Goldstein of New York.Mr. Moore: Now the truth is out. What you have is unethical. Goldstein deserves credit for beinging this idea to your attention. All that said, thanks for re-publishing these works. They are a memorial to not only B! olton's work, but to the fine idea and efforts of Leonard Goldstein.Mr. Moore: It is just plain good manners to give credit where credit is due...Kevin Foley Darien, CT