TY - SER
KW - restaurant industry
AU - Hilary Masters
AB - Follows Sam Emerson, the middle-aged proprietor of Sam’s Place, an upscale Mt. Washington restaurant with stunning views of the Golden Triangle and the three rivers. After his mother dies, Sam is nostalgic and tries to take stock, meditating on memories of youth and family. Sam also ruminates on his ex-wife, his much younger lover, and what to do with his mother’s ashes.
C1 - 1994
C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Allegheny River; Monongahela River; Ohio River; Downtown; South Side; North Side; North Shore; Three Rivers Stadium; Central Northside; Mexican War Streets; Strip District; Shadyside; Mt. Washington; Wilkinsburg; Sewickley
C4 - Literary
CY - Dallas
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - Follows Sam Emerson, the middle-aged proprietor of Sam’s Place, an upscale Mt. Washington restaurant with stunning views of the Golden Triangle and the three rivers. After his mother dies, Sam is nostalgic and tries to take stock, meditating on memories of youth and family. Sam also ruminates on his ex-wife, his much younger lover, and what to do with his mother’s ashes.
PB - Southern Methodist Press
PP - Dallas
PY - 2006
RN - Hilary Masters (1928—2015) was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and he worked in public relations, journalism, and in New York politics before publishing fiction and teaching writing. In 1983, he became a professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University.
EP - 275 p.
TI - Elegy for Sam Emerson
ER -