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Crowding Memories

Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, Mrs. (Lillian Woodman Aldrich). Crowding Memories. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1920.
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Type
book
Genre
biography
Abstract

Crowding Memories is Mrs. Aldrich's memoir of her life with her husband and their mutual friends. The history is very personal and tells the stories of the lives of some of the literary and artistic notables of the Aldrichs' acquaintance, including Mark Twain, Edwin Booth, and William Dean Howells.

People Mentioned in this Work
Aldrich, Thomas [pages: 1-5,18-19, 25, 29-33, 74-75]

Booth introduced Aldrich to his future wife. Mrs. Aldrich admired Booth very much for his acting skills and fine personality. Later, the Booths and the Aldrichs became close friends and attended parties together(1-5). At a party, Booth contradicted a girl's supposed description of Aldrich's appearance (18-19). Aldrich often sat in Booth's box at the theater with Launt Thompson (25). Beginning February 9, 1863, Aldrich looked after Booth during a theatrical engagement in New York at Mrs. Booth's request (29-33). After Lincoln's assassination by Booth's brother, Aldrich was one of a group of friends who waited at Booth's New York home for his arrival. Aldrich stayed by Booth's side until and after his brother was caught (74-75).