A Diary of the Century: Tales from America's Greatest Diarist
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781402754487 (1402754485)
ASIN: 1402754485
Publish date: June 3rd 2008
Publisher: Union Square Press
Pages no: 624
Edition language: English
This book --- which is an abridged version of Edward Robb Ellis' diary (begun as a bet among friends when he was 16 in 1927) --- is FANTASTIC. Ellis began work as a journalist in the 1930s in New Orleans, "covering Huey Long, Louis Armstrong, as well as the city's hungry workers, and the colorful ...