Word: derek
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...story told by Biographer Derek Hudson is a tragic one. Tupper had his success young. In the '60s the public outgrew him, and he became a figure of fun. As people began to snicker, other disasters struck him too. He lost his savings in speculations. His publishers went bankrupt and failed to pay him. His wife became an alcoholic and was out of her head for a time. His eldest son ran hugely into debt, was kicked out of the army, and almost broke Tupper's heart when he was found suffering from delirium tremens in a prostitute...
...UNREPENTANT VICTORIAN (342 pp.] -Derek Hudson-Macmillion...