As a devotee of Dorothy Parker and someone who greatly enjoys literature from the 1920's and 1930's, I was excited to win a copy of this book through the GoodReads First Reads program. I hoped to find early writings of authors I know, and to discover more. I was not disappointed. Bohemians is filled...
The Best of Early Vanity FairBy Vanity Fair (Editor), Graydon Carter (Introduction), David Friend (Editor)ISBN: 1594205981Publisher: Penguin PressPublication Date: 10/30/2014 Format: HardcoverMy Rating: 4 Stars A special thank you to Penguin First to Read for an ARC in exchange for an honest revie...
I really enjoyed this collection of essays, short stories, and poems, etc, from Vanity Fair from about 1913 to 1937 or so. Some of them really spoke of the time. Some of them could have been written at many points in our history, including now. Together they make a convincing portrait of America,...
this book claims that Andrew Johnson said, "It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word." but all the research i did credits Andrew Jackson with this quote. and some of the bios were lame. and the font was small.
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