News of Paris: American Journalists in the City of Light Between the Wars
A bumptious narrative history of American newspapermen in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, a time when serious journalism still went hand in hand with relative poverty, good times, and a carefree spirit cultivated by eccentric personalities. An absorbing and delightful book.
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News of Paris: American Journalists in the City of Light Between the Wars
A bumptious narrative history of American newspapermen in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, a time when serious journalism still went hand in hand with relative poverty, good times, and a carefree spirit cultivated by eccentric personalities. An absorbing and delightful book.
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News of Paris: American Journalists in the City of Light Between the Wars
A bumptious narrative history of American newspapermen in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, a time when serious journalism still went hand in hand with relative poverty, good times, and a carefree spirit cultivated by eccentric personalities. An absorbing and delightful book.
Ronald Weber is professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Notre Dame. He has also written America in Change, The Literature of Fact, and Hired Pens. He lives in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Table of Contents
Prologue: Jake's Work 3 The Dear Paris Herald 17 World's Zaniest Newspaper 74 News in the Afternoon 136 Short Cut to Paradise 151 A Smart Little Magazine 194 Countless Reams of Stuff 217 Stories of Paris 253 Epilogue: Curtain Fall 280 Acknowledgments 291 Notes and Sources 295 Index 321
What People are Saying About This
Morley Safer
"What a treat this book is! " 60 Minutes
Terence Smith
"What fun! News of Paris evokes the romantic in those of us who wish we had been there." special correspondent, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Tony Hillerman
"An odd and intriguing look.... Aging journalists will love it, and so will just about everyone else."
Richard Schickel
"Weber has found and entertainingly explored one of the Lost Generation's lost corners in this engagingly readable history."