Carl Van Vechten





Carl Van Vechten

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born
June 17, 1880 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, The United States

died
December 21, 1964


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Carl Van Vechten was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein.


Average rating: 3.84 · 504 ratings · 49 reviews · 46 distinct works
Nigger Heaven
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3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1926 — 4 editions
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The Tiger in the House: A C...
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1920 — 11 editions
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1930 — 3 editions
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The Blind Bow Boy
4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings2 editions
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Peter Whiffle
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions
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Spider Boy a Scenario for a...
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1928 — 2 editions
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Lords of the Housetops: Thi...
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009 — 18 editions
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The Tattooed Countess
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Firecrackers: A Realistic N...
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007
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More books by Carl Van Vechten…
“Cats have gnosis to a degree that is granted to few bishops.”
Carl Van Vechten, The Tiger in the House: A Cultural History of the Cat

“Paris is not a city I should care to approach for the first time after I had passed forty.”
Carl Van Vechten, Peter Whiffle