Author: Capote, Truman
Title: Truman Capote's Original Birth Certificate. [ in Cold Blood, Breakfast at Tiffany's. A Christmas Memory]
Description: New Orleans, Parish of New Orleans, 1924. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Signed. First Edition. Truman Capote's original Birth Certificate - issued in the parish of New Orleans & registered the 3rd day of October, 1924 & showing the birth of Truman Streckfus Persons, September 30th, 1924. A unique document. A bit tattered but still quite bright & clean. In 1928, when Truman was 4, the Certificate was given by Capote's mother, Lillie Mae Faulk Persons [soon to be Capote] to her sister, Lucille Faulk Ingram for safekeeping. Lillie Mae was off to New York to make a new life leaving Truman to the care & nurturing of his Monroeville relatives. Outside of the cousins Truman lived with as a child, Lucille Faulk Ingram & her daughter, Cecilia, were his closest kin. As a fledgling writer looking for solitude, it was in the comfort of Lucille Ingram's home that Truman began to write his first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms. .

Keywords: IN COLD BLOOD, BREAKFAST AT TIFFINY'S, OTHER VOICES ROOMS Presentation & Inscribed Copies Association & Dedication Copies Autograph Gallery Electronic List TBCL


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