Description
An extremely amusing book, full of facts that are actually facts and very briskly and pleasantly written. -- H. L. Mencken
About the Author
Stanley Walker was born in Lampasas, Texas, in 1898. After writing for the Austin American-Statesman and the Dallas Morning News, he joined the staff of the New York Herald Tribune as a reporter and rewrite man in 1920. He became night city editor of the Herald Tribune in 1926 and served as city editor from 1928 to 1935. After various jobs with other newspapers and magazines, Walker rejoined the Herald Tribune as editor in 1937. He was appointed editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger in 1939 and retired from newspaper work a year later. He died in 1962. His books include City Editor (also available in paperback from Johns Hopkins), Mrs. Astor's Horse, Dewey: An American of this Century, and Home to Texas.
Reviews
This bright book is vivid but accurate, thoroughly informed, and it moves at a smart pace... Entirely interesting to read and worth reading, this book deserves enthusiasm and will get it. New York Times Book Review Highly entertaining reading. Variety An extraordinary record written with contagious enthusiasm. San Francisco Chronicle The first good biography of Broadway. Fast moving, compact, exact. New York Daily News I know of no volume which is so authentically New York as this, no history of recent contemporary life so amusing-and so true. A juicy slice of life. Boston Transcript In this volume flies an endless procession of colorful figures-all the well-known Broadway names and many not so well known but just as interesting. The book is history-history so breezily written that the reader, absorbed in anecdote and incident, may not take time out to ponder its authenticity and importance. Saturday Review of Literature
Book Information
ISBN 9780801862915
Author Stanley Walker
Format Paperback
Page Count 344
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 397g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 19mm