Vanished Act (Magill’s Literary Annual 2004)
At a glance:
- Author: James Reidel
- First Published: 2003
- Type of Work: Literary biography
- Time of Work: 1914-1955
- Setting: Nebraska; Denver, Colorado; New York City; Provincetown, Massachusetts; and San Francisco
- Principal Characters: Weldon Kees, Ann Swan Kees, Sarah Green Kees, John Kees, Lowry Wimberly
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: New York, Suicide, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Literature, Marriage, Poetry or poets, California, Mysteries, Painting or painters, Drinking or drunkenness, Colorado, Nebraska, Massachusetts
- Locales: New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Massachusetts, Denver, CO, Nebraska
Weldon Kees can to be considered one of the forgotten men of American letters. When his abandoned car was discovered by authorities on July 18, 1955, near the Golden Gate Bridge, a thorough investigation into Kees’s disappearance was begun. He had talked to friends about running off to Mexico and starting a new life. Kees also had talked about suicide and had done extensive research into the subject. Although his body was never found and no suicide note was discovered, authorities concluded that Kees had killed himself. After the police made their judgment in the matter, the case...
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