While he was an assistant editor, Aswell persuaded Thomas Wolfe, who was looking for a new publisher, to sign with Harper's. But Wolfe died before he could comlplete another book. Before Wolfe left on his trip through the Western United States - during which he acquired the illness that ultimately led to his death - he turned over to Aswell a large amount of manuscript material. After Wolfe's death in September, 1938, Aswell was assigned the task of editing the material Wolfe had left behind. The result of this work was two posthumous novels - The Web and the Rock and You Can't Go Home Again and one volume of short stories - The Hills Beyond.
Aswell moved from Harper's to the trade-book department of McGraw-Hill and then to Doubleday and Company, where he was senior editor. He succeeded Maxwell Perkins as Administrator of the Thomas Wolfe Estate in 1947. Aswell died on November 5, 1958.
While he was an assistant editor, Aswell persuaded Thomas Wolfe, who was looking for a new publisher, to sign with Harper's. But Wolfe died before he could comlplete another book. Before Wolfe left on his trip through the Western United States - during which he acquired the illness that ultimately led to his death - he turned over to Aswell a large amount of manuscript material. After Wolfe's death in September, 1938, Aswell was assigned the task of editing the material Wolfe had left behind. The result of this work was two posthumous novels - The Web and the Rock and You Can't Go Home Again and one volume of short stories - The Hills Beyond.
Aswell moved from Harper's to the trade-book department of McGraw-Hill and then to Doubleday and Company, where he was senior editor. He succeeded Maxwell Perkins as Administrator of the Thomas Wolfe Estate in 1947. Aswell died on November 5, 1958.
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