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A collection of rare (many never before published) intimate photographs of the Fitzgeralds.

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"""With An Apprehension of Splendor, Shawn Sudia-Skehan offers Fitzgerald fans our most intimate look into the lives of Scott and Zelda in fifty years. Not since Matthew J. Bruccoli, Scottie Fitzgerald Smith, and Joan P. Keer compiled the sumptuous coffee-table compendium of scrapbook photos and clippings The Romantic Egoists in 1974 have we seen the couple in such revealingly unguarded moments. Thanks to Sudia-Skehan's dogged research throughout dozens of archives and private collections, many of the photographs in this pictorial biography have never been seen before. Framed by the author's concise and knowing captions, the images attest to the deep love and sense of family shared by two great artists and their talented daughter."" --Kirk Curnutt, executive director, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society ""The Fitzgeralds, Scott and Zelda and their daughter Scottie, left behind an extensive photographic record of their lives. Many of the images are familiar, but a great many others have never been published. In An Apprehension of Splendor, Shawn Sudia-Skehan has given us a wonderful book of new material, with helpful commentary and explanation. All Fitzgerald fans and all students of the Jazz Age should own this volume."" --James L. W. West III General Editor, Cambridge Fitzgerald Edition ""A picture's worth a thousand words, but when they're ones we've read about but never seen or previously unpublished images, it's even better. . . [An Apprehension of Splendor] presents these rare photographs in chronological order and captures moments in time, revealing the humanity of this iconic couple whether on the tennis court, in front of a train station or at a beach, and provides a valuable contribution to Fitzgeraldiana."" --Kendall Taylor is a cultural historian and author of Sometimes Madness is Wisdom: Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald; a Marriage and The Gatsby Affair: Scott, Zelda, and the Betrayal that Shaped an American Classic."

"With An Apprehension of Splendor, Shawn Sudia-Skehan offers Fitzgerald fans our most intimate look into the lives of Scott and Zelda in fifty years. Not since Matthew J. Bruccoli, Scottie Fitzgerald Smith, and Joan P. Keer compiled the sumptuous coffee-table compendium of scrapbook photos and clippings The Romantic Egoists in 1974 have we seen the couple in such revealingly unguarded moments. Thanks to Sudia-Skehan’s dogged research throughout dozens of archives and private collections, many of the photographs in this pictorial biography have never been seen before. Framed by the author’s concise and knowing captions, the images attest to the deep love and sense of family shared by two great artists and their talented daughter.""—Kirk Curnutt, executive director, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society ""The Fitzgeralds, Scott and Zelda and their daughter Scottie, left behind an extensive photographic record of their lives. Many of the images are familiar, but a great many others have never been published. In An Apprehension of Splendor, Shawn Sudia-Skehan has given us a wonderful book of new material, with helpful commentary and explanation. All Fitzgerald fans and all students of the Jazz Age should own this volume.""—James L. W. West III General Editor, Cambridge Fitzgerald Edition ""A picture’s worth a thousand words, but when they’re ones we’ve read about but never seen or previously unpublished images, it’s even better. . . [An Apprehension of Splendor] presents these rare photographs in chronological order and captures moments in time, revealing the humanity of this iconic couple whether on the tennis court, in front of a train station or at a beach, and provides a valuable contribution to Fitzgeraldiana.""—Kendall Taylor is a cultural historian and author of Sometimes Madness is Wisdom: Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald;a Marriage and The Gatsby Affair: Scott, Zelda, and the Betrayal that Shaped an American Classic."

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Shawn Sudia-Skehan served on the board of directors of the Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum in Montgomery, Alabama for many years and as the museum's director of acquisitions.

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