...ely toss-up, i.e., a social dish quickly compounded and tossed up like an omelet. During this year and the next, Crawford made his home at 241 Beacon Street. Here he wrote his first three books, Mr. Isaacs , Dr. Claudius, and A Roman singer. He was a delightful inmate, and the months he spent under our mother's roof were happy ones. A tender camaraderie existed between aunt and nephew. During h...