More interesting people.
[1st. ed.]
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Author
Publication
1947 - Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, Michigan
Language
English
Word Count
87,250 words, Guess
Page Count
349 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL6522664M
- OCLC Control Number1870779
- OCLC Control Numbermoreinterestingp00case
- Library of Congress Control Number47030899
- LibraryThing339490
Classifications
- DDC920.5
- LCCPN4874.C28 A26
Description
Robert J. Casey was a well-known Chicago newspaperman from 1920 through 1947. He eventually became a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News. This volume continues his memoir of the newspaper business before the Second World War.The first volume was called *Such Interesting People.* Both are entertaining portraits of important reporters and editors Casey worked with. This one also addresses some the celebrities and fads of the period. One interesting chapter deals with what we would now call urban legends. Apparently, back in the 1940s someone got the idea that if you saved the red plastic openers from packs of cigarettes--those things that you pull to tear the plastic--it would somehow finance the training of a seeing eye dog! If you enjoy the Stanley Walker's *City Editor* or Mencken's *Newspaper Days* you will enjoy this book and its predecessor. Per the New York Times, Casey wrote a total of 35 books before he died in 1962.
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