Cast of characters : Wolcott Gibbs, E.B. White, James Thurber, and the golden age of the New Yorker /

"From its birth in 1925 to the early days of the Cold War, The New Yorker slowly but surely took hold as the country's most prestigious, entertaining, and informative general-interest periodical. In [this book], Thomas Vinciguerra paints a portrait of the magazine's cadre of charming,...

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Author / Creator: Vinciguerra, Thomas J. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language notes:Text in English.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [ 2016]
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505 0 |a A Christmas greeting to The New Yorkers" -- "Either competent or horrible" -- "A ludicrous pastime" -- "Infatuation with pinheads" -- "Boy, do I like to handle authors!" -- "Most insanely miscast" -- "An offense to the ear" -- "Pretty gummy at best" -- "A silly occupation for a grown man" -- "I am a child of the sun" -- "Always poison" -- "Flying high and fast" -- "The moral climate is against it" -- "A lot of suicidal enterprises" -- "Whose days, in any case, were numbered." 
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