St Clair Mckelway (84 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Why does A. J. Liebling remain a vibrant role model for writers while the superb, prolific St. Clair McKelway has been sorely forgotten? James Wolcott asked this question in a recent review of the Complete>New Yorker>on DVD. Anyone who has read a single paragraph of McKelway's work would struggle to provide an answer. His articles for the>New Yorker>were defined by their clean language and incomporable wit, by his love of New York's rough edges and his affection for the working man (whether that work was come by honestly or not). Like Joseph Mitchell and A. J. Liebling, McKelway combined the unflagging curiosity of a great reporter with the narrative flair of a master storyteller. William Shawn, the magazine's long-time editor, described him as a writer with the lightest of light touches. His style is so striking, Shawn went on to say, that it was too odd to be imitated. The pieces collected here are drawn from two of McKelway's books--True Tales from the Annals of Crime and Rascality>(1951) and>The Big Little Man from Brooklyn>(1969). His subjects are the small players who in their particulars defined life in New York during the 36 years McKelway wrote: the junkmen, boxing cornermen, counterfeiters, con artists, fire marshals, priests, and beat cops and detectives. The rascals. An amazing portrait of a long forgotten New York by the reporter who helped establish and utterly defined>New Yorker>fact writing, Untitled Collection>is long overdue celebration of a truly gifted writer.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Why does A. J. Liebling remain a vibrant role model for writers while the superb, prolific St. Clair McKelway has been sorely forgotten? James Wolcott asked this question in a recent review of the Complete>New Yorker>on DVD. Anyone who has read a single paragraph of McKelway's work would struggle to provide an answer. His articles for the>New Yorker>were defined by their clean language and incomporable wit, by his love of New York's rough edges and his affection for the working man (whether that work was come by honestly or not). Like Joseph Mitchell and A. J. Liebling, McKelway combined the unflagging curiosity of a great reporter with the narrative flair of a master storyteller. William Shawn, the magazine's long-time editor, described him as a writer with the lightest of light touches. His style is so striking, Shawn went on to say, that it was too odd to be imitated. The pieces collected here are drawn from two of McKelway's books--True Tales from the Annals of Crime and Rascality>(1951) and>The Big Little Man from Brooklyn>(1969). His subjects are the small players who in their particulars defined life in New York during the 36 years McKelway wrote: the junkmen, boxing cornermen, counterfeiters, con artists, fire marshals, priests, and beat cops and detectives. The rascals. An amazing portrait of a long forgotten New York by the reporter who helped establish and utterly defined>New Yorker>fact writing, Untitled Collection>is long overdue celebration of a truly gifted writer.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 50 pp., Orig Tan Paperback, recased in ex lib stiff covers, F cover coming off, else Good, 1st ed.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. New York: Random House, 1951. xii, 339 pp. 21.5 x 15 cm. Light brown cloth covered boards with lettering to cover and spine in read and black; second printing. Bumping and some light rubbing to spine ends and corners of boards. Very light soil to covers with a smudge near fore-edge of front cover. Some age toning and speckling to edges of text block. Moderate uneven toning to endpapers, with light age toning throughout text. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding firm. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Interior pages throughout have extensive notes and underlines from the previous owner. This book is in acceptable condition and is a reading copy. No dust jacket included with this book. This book is from a library and may include stamps, tape, and markings. Secure packaging for safe delivery. …