Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On Growing Up Tough | 1971 | Taylor Caldwell | Buy |
On Growing Up Tough is the sole non-fiction entry in Taylor Caldwell’s bibliography. Published in 1971, it offers a look at the personal philosophy behind her fiction. Caldwell, who immigrated to America as a child and worked her way through various hardships before becoming a bestselling novelist, drew on those experiences to write about toughness and self-reliance.
The book gives readers a window into Caldwell’s personality and beliefs that her novels only hint at. For fans of her fiction, it provides useful context for understanding the values that shaped characters like Joseph Armagh in Captains and the Kings and the driven industrialists of the Barbours/Bouchards saga.