Truman Capote's original Birth Certificate. [ In Cold Blood, Breakfast At Tiffany's. A Christmas Memory]

Capote, Truman

Published by Parish of New Orleans, New Orleans, 1924

About this Item

1st Edition. Signed. First Edition. Truman Capote's original Birth Certificate - issued in the parish of New Orleans & registered the 3rd day of October, 1924 & showing the birth of Truman Streckfus Persons, September 30th, 1924. A unique document. A bit tattered but still quite bright & clean. In 1928, when Truman was 4, the Certificate was given by Capote's mother, Lillie Mae Faulk Persons [soon to be Capote] to her sister, Lucille Faulk Ingram for safekeeping. Lillie Mae was off to New York to make a new life leaving Truman to the care & nurturing of his Monroeville relatives. Outside of the cousins Truman lived with as a child, Lucille Faulk Ingram & her daughter, Cecilia, were his closest kin. As a fledgling writer looking for solitude, it was in the comfort of Lucille Ingram's home that Truman began to write his first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms.

Seller Inventory # 20359

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Truman Capote's original Birth Certificate. [ In Cold Blood, Breakfast At Tiffany's. A Christmas Memory]
• Publisher: Parish of New Orleans, New Orleans
• Publication Date: 1924
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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