The Waters of Darkness

John Sanford

The Waters of Darkness Black Sparrow Press 1986 in print

This second volume of Sanford's autobiography begins with his voyage to England in 1927 and follows his development as a writer during the Depression. It has a lengthy section detailing Sanford's summer writing in the Adirondacks with Nathanael West. The book ends with his boarding a train for California in 1936, after he has been offered a screenwriting contract by Paramount Studios in Hollywood.

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