This is a paperbound edition of a 2000 book about which Book News wrote: In 1962, Arthur, former managing editor of the The New York Times and Barbara, biographer of John Reed and Louise Bryant, published a biography of US playwright Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), but have continued their research, and here offer the first of three massive volumes amplifying their theme. They now delve into his father's Irish ancestry and late-19th-century stage career, and tell stories about his early life that were either too racy for the early 1960s or that were not yet spoken of by those who knew. The first volume proceeds to just before he began writing plays. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR