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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vinciguerra, Thomas J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925)--History.

New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925).

Gibbs, Wolcott, 1902-1958.

Gibbs, Wolcott.

White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985.

White, E. B.

Thurber, James, 1894-1961.

Thurber, James.

Periodicals--Publishing--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Periodicals.

Physical Description:

x, 452 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2015]

Contents:

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."

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Livezey Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780393240030 : HRD

0393240037 : HRD