Americans in Conversation with Tolstoy

<p> Throughout his life Leo Tolstoy demonstrated a fascination for Americans a feeling that was avidly reciprocated in the United States. Although Tolstoy was never able to come to America during his lifetime he was visited at his home in Russia by a number of Americans including writers journalists ambassadors professors and tourists.</p><p> Many wrote about the conversations they had with the great Russian novelist. This volume gathers together 30 recollections of such conversations all originally published in periodicals from 1887 through 1923. A brief introduction to each piece introduces the author of the narrative with concise biographical information and a bibliographical note indicates the time and place of original publication.</p>