Handwritten manuscript by Truman Capote, one page, 8 x 10.5, no date but circa 1980. Under the heading "Carson, Capote and Co. by Joanna Carson," Capote writes out ten proposed chapter headings: "1. Johnny, 2. Sunday Best to the Convent, 3. 'Mr. Howard' aka Howard Hughes, 4. Three Generations of Carsons, 5. Portrait of the Masked: Truman Capote, 6. 'Joanne, Your Father's Dead' 7. 'That's All She Wrote,' 8. The Fight Back / The Glittering Ghetto, 9. The Search for the 'Magic Pill,' 10. The Last Trip, Epilogue." He pens a note to her below, "Alan, Arnold, Gary Clark and Joe Fox will help you put it together. Have Bill Wilson edit the rest of the chapters. Love, T." In fine condition. Provenance: the estate of Joanne Carson. Although Joanne Carson's memoir of her life with late-night host Johnny Carson was never finished and thus left unpublished, she had written the first 38-page chapter, entitled 'Johnny,' which was copiously edited by Capote and sold at auction in 2006.
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