The Years with Ross - (Perennial Classics) by James Thurber (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>From iconic American humorist James Thurber, a celebrated and poignant memoir about his years at <em>The New Yorker </em>with the magazine's unforgettable founder and longtime editor, Harold Ross</strong></p><p><strong>"Extremely entertaining. . . . life at <em>The New Yorker</em> emerges as a lovely sort of pageant of lunacy, of practical jokes, of feuds and foibles. It is an affectionate picture of scamps playing their games around a man who, for all his brusqueness, loved them, took care of them, pampered and scolded them like an irascible mother hen." </strong><em><strong>--New York Times</strong></em></p><p>With a foreword by Adam Gopnik and illustrations by James Thurber</p><p>At the helm of America's most influential literary magazine from 1925 to 1951, Harold Ross introduced the country to a host of exciting talent, including Robert Benchley, Alexander Woollcott, Ogden Nash, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, and Dorothy Parker. But no one could have written about this irascible, eccentric genius more affectionately or more critically than James Thurber, whose portrait of Ross captures not only a complex literary giant but a historic friendship and a glorious era as well. If you get Ross down on paper, warned Wolcott Gibbs to Thurber, nobody will ever believe it. But readers of this unforgettable memoir will find that they do.</p> <p>Offering a peek into the lives of two American literary giants and the New York literary scene at its heyday, <em>The Years with Ross</em> is a true classic, and a testament to the enduring influence of their genius. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>At the helm of America's most influential literary magazine for more than half a century, Harold Ross introduced the country to a host of exciting talent, including Robert Benchley, Alexander Woolcott, Ogden Nash, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, and Dorothy Parker. But no one could have written about this irascible, eccentric genius more affectionately or more critically than James Thurber -- an American icon in his own right -- whose portrait of Ross captures not only a complex literary giant but a historic friendship and a glorious era as well. If you get Ross down on paper, warned Wolcott Gibbs to Thurber, nobody will ever believe it. But readers of this unforgettable memoir will find that they do.<br /></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A perfectly wonderful reminiscence about one of the most intriguing personalities in the literary world by one of the best writers of our time. --<strong><em>Los Angeles Times</em></strong><br><br>Endlessly entertaining.--<strong><em>Chicago Tribune</em></strong><br><br>It is Thurber's book <em>The Years with Ross</em> that every journalist should have. It chronicles the restless genius and sometimes frustrating ways of legendary <em>New Yorker</em> editor Harold Ross, who brought together an extraordinary cavalcade of talent (including Thurber) but somehow managed to keep his cast of divas productive. . . . Most of all, the book captures the fun of inventing the perfect magazine during journalism's heyday.--<strong>NPR</strong><br><br>[An] extremely entertaining memoir. . . . life at <em>The New Yorker</em> emerges as a lovely sort of pageant of lunacy, of practical jokes, of feuds and foibles. It is an affectionate picture of scamps playing their games around a man who, for all his brusqueness, loved them, took care of them, pampered and scolded them like an irascible mother hen.--<strong><em>New York Times</em></strong><br><br>Superb. . . . [a] revealing portrait of Harold Wallace Ross, the unbelievable founder and editor of <em>The New Yorker</em>.--<strong>New York Herald Tribune</strong><br>
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