J_ he period of time known as "the crack-up" in F. Scott Fitzgerald's life and care... more J_ he period of time known as "the crack-up" in F. Scott Fitzgerald's life and career has received considerable attention from scholars and biographers. Andrew Turnbull, Arthur Mizener, Jeffrey Meyers, and Matthew J. Bruccoli have all told of the drinking, depression, and debt that characterized this period of Fitzgerald's life. In the summer of 1936, Fitzgerald lived at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina, while recuperating from a broken shoulder incurred while attempting to dive into a swimming pool. During this period and the surrounding time of the crack-up years, biographers have noted that Fitzgerald hired registered nurses (specifically Dorothy Richardson and a "Ms. Williamson") to help deal with his injury, his depression, and his drinking.1 Despite the attention to this period of time, two letters, two tele-
J_ he period of time known as "the crack-up" in F. Scott Fitzgerald's life and care... more J_ he period of time known as "the crack-up" in F. Scott Fitzgerald's life and career has received considerable attention from scholars and biographers. Andrew Turnbull, Arthur Mizener, Jeffrey Meyers, and Matthew J. Bruccoli have all told of the drinking, depression, and debt that characterized this period of Fitzgerald's life. In the summer of 1936, Fitzgerald lived at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina, while recuperating from a broken shoulder incurred while attempting to dive into a swimming pool. During this period and the surrounding time of the crack-up years, biographers have noted that Fitzgerald hired registered nurses (specifically Dorothy Richardson and a "Ms. Williamson") to help deal with his injury, his depression, and his drinking.1 Despite the attention to this period of time, two letters, two tele-
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