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Wolfe’s colorful portrayal of his family, his hometown of “Altamont” Asheville, North Carolina, and “Dixieland” the Old Kentucky Home boardinghouse, earned the Victorian period house a place as one of American literature’s most famous landmarks.
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Thomas Wolfe left an indelible mark on American letters and his mother's boardinghouse in Asheville, North Carolina. Now the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, has become one of literature's most famous landmarks.
Following the service Thomas Wolfe was interred in the family plot at Asheville’s Riverside Cemetery. Wolfe’s editor since late 1937, Edward Aswell at Harper and Brothers inherited Wolfe’s unfinished manuscript.
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The Works of Thomas Wolfe. The Crisis in Industry, The University of North Carolina, 1919. Look Homeward, Angel, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1929. Of Time and the River, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1935. From Death to Morning, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1935.
Thomas Wolfe left an indelible mark on American letters. His mother's boardinghouse in Asheville, North Carolina, now the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, has become one of literature's most famous landmarks.
The Thomas Wolfe Memorial in downtown Asheville preserves the childhood home of a giant of American literature. The “Old Kentucky Home” was immortalized in Thomas Wolfe’s epic novel Look Homeward Angel. The historic Victorian building was operated as a boarding house by Wolfe’s mother, Julia.