Klik på en miniature for at gå til Google Books
Indlæser... The Autobiography (1946)af William Allen White
Ingen Indlæser...
Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. 2337 The Autobiography of William Allen White (read 3 Nov 1990) (Pulitzer Biography prize for 1947) The author was born Feb 10, 1868, at Emporia, Kans., and died in 1944. This book is over 600 pages and I read it in 3 days and I found it positively absorbing. It tells lots and lots about his early life, his time in college, his time as a reporter, his marriage, his acquisition of the Emporia Gazette, his catapult to fame with his anti-Bryan editorial "What's the Matter With Kansas?", his political efforts, his Bull Moose days, his time at the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919, his thoughts about the presidents from Harrison to Harding, and the death of his daughter Mary in 1921. Then it ends with Harding's death. His son, William L. White, tells of the years from 1921 to 1944 in too few pages. I really was expecting to hear him on all those years. He is a little naive, but one couldn't help but like him. He pokes fun at himself, to show how stuck up he was. But all in all this has been a tremendous read, even if I should have read it 40 years ago. It has been a most worthwhile experience. ( ) Anyone growing up in his years, and later has heard of the great newspaper man from the small town who spoke wise, down to earth with pithy sentences. This book was published after his death and has a finish by his son, who was also a journalist. This book also won the Pulitzer. It is a great account of the first half of the 20th century in America. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Er forkortet iHæderspriserDistinctionsNotable Lists
Abridged and edited for the modern reader and available in paperback for the first time ever, this second edition brings back into print a classic autobiography of Middle America--an immensely readable document that enriches our understanding of Progressivism and politics, journalism, and the social history of small-town America from Reconstruction into the Roaring Twenties. At the time of his death in 1944, William Allen White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, was a national celebrity, proclaimed one of the truly great Americans of his age. Life magazine called him "a living symbol of small-town simplicity and kindliness and common sense." During his career White had managed to expand his circle of influence far beyond Emporia Kansas to include most of the nation. By the end of his life he had become a nationally acclaimed journalist and author of biographies, novels, and short stories. He was also widely known for his shrewd commentary on contemporary events in the national media. An influential Republican political leader, he founded the Progressive party and was a longtime advocate of social reform and individual rights. But what endeared him most to his contemporaries was that, in spite of national fame, he remained first and foremost a small-town newspaperman. First published posthumously in 1946, White's Autobiography was immediately hailed as a classic portrait, not simply of White himself, but of the men and women who transformed America from an agrarian society to a powerful industrial nation in the years before World War I. A bestselling Book-of-the-Month Club selection, the Autobiography was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1947. This new edition, edited to eliminate repetitions and digressions, features an introduction by Sally Foreman Griffith, author of a recent biography of White. Griffith explores the background of the Autobiography and illuminates its place in the development of the autobiographical genre. No library descriptions found. |
Current DiscussionsIngenPopulære omslag
Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)818.5209Literature English (North America) Authors, American and American miscellany 20th Century 1900-1945 BiographyLC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
Er det dig?Bliv LibraryThing-forfatter. |