Most Popular Books by James Gould Cozzens

An unspecified catastrophe has overtaken New York. Mr. Lecky, the sole survivor, finds himself in a great department store which has also escaped destruction. Here is everything a human being might need, not only to support existence but to afford luxury and comfort. But not quite everything. As the story unfolds with frightening realism, it becomes clear that Mr. Cozzens has constructed a modern parable of the tale of Robinson Crusoe, one with powerful implications -- philosophical, psychological, mystical.

This war novel about American aviators focuses on events at an air station in the South in 1943. The main characters are high-ranking officers subject to all the human frailties -- love, anger, jealousy, ambition, fear, courage, stupidity and a measure of patriotism too.--Provided by publisher.

This is the story of an aristocratic woman, Cerise D''Atrée, daughter of a French father and an English mother, as she attends school in Europe seeking an outlet for her talents and searching for sustaining values. James Gould Cozzens'' first book.

This volume was published to mark the seventy-fifth birthday, 19 August 1978, of James Gould Cozzens. The complete novel, the selections from six of Cozzen''s major novels, and the stories, essays, and reviews included here furnish a comprehensive overview of and an introduction to the canon of a major American novelist. The book provides a permanently usable collection for new readers of James Gould Cozzens as well as an omnibus for the initiated.--Provided by publisher.

In The Just and the Unjust, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Gould Cozzens examines the ways in which freedom under the law operates in a democracy when a murder trial dominates the life of a small town.

Includes the detailed World War II diaries and seventy-five declassified secret memos written by Cozzens, who worked in the Office of Information Services at Air Force Headquarters and who was privy to daily activity reports and confidential memos which revealed the "scandals, misadventures and dirty deals which here and there enlivened the record."--Jacket.

This novel tells the story of Lancy Micks, a field engineer, and his daughter, Ruth. It is set the sugar plantations of Cuba and provides a picture of the ruthless struggle for power and control of that industry.

Catherine is resentful of her older sister, Mary Louise and her interest in boys. Set in Cuba, this short story comes to a violent end.

The author paints a devastating portrait of a clever young writer, much enamoured of his own conception of himself, who engages in a love affair while acting as tutor to the delicate son of a wealthy American woman. The setting is Florence in winter, the Alps, the Riviera, in the ominous years before the war.--Provided by publisher.

Set in Elizabethan England, Michael Scarlett, a well-educated and wealthy young man, and his friends move to London and become the proprieters of the Golden Asse inn. Michael becomes a leader in London''s anti-Puritan faction.

Correspondence, 1923-60, chiefly concerning various aspects of the publication and marketing of Cozzens'' first novel, Confusion, 1924 [44 items. chiefly typescript (carbon copy)]--Photographs, 1924, of Cozzens [25 items. black & white]--Miscellaneous items, 1924, connected with the novel''s publication, including clippings, advertising circulars, and a synopsis of Confusion [ca. 20 items. chiefly printed]. Correspondents include: Minna Adams, Arnold Bennett, William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite, George Elliston, and John S. Van E. Kohn.

Writes about his disapproval of "autographing."