DEADLINES AND MONKEYSHINES - THE FABLED WORLD OF CHICAGO JOURNALISM

JOHN J. McPHAUL

Published by PRENTICE-HALL, INC., ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NEW JERSEY, 1962

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THIS FABLED BOOK ABOUT JOURNALISM IN CHICAGO PORTRAYS ALL OF THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE, THE TRICKSTERS AND THEIR ACTIONS THAT GAVE CHICAGI JOURNALISM ITS SOMETIMES RAUCKUS AND RIBALD REPUTATION. THIS BOOK TELLS ALL FROM JOHN WENTWORTH AND CHICAGO'S FIRST NEWSPAPE UNTIL UP TO THE TIME OF THE BOOK'S PUBLICATION IN 1962. THE TALES ABOUT CHICAGO'S RUCKUS NEWSPAPER REPORTERS AND ESPECIALLY THE CHICAGO NEWSPAPER'S OWNERS, EDITORS AND THEIR COMPETOTIVE ACTIVITY. THERE ARE SEVENTEEN CHAPTERS AND TWO SECTIONS OF THIRTY-ONE B/W PHOTOGRAPHS OF MANY OF THE MOST NOTABLE CHARACYERS AND EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF CHICAGO JOURNALISM. THE AUTHOR WAS INVOLVED IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS FROM 1923 UNTIL THE PUBLICATION OF THIS BEST SELLING BOOK. THE BOOK IS ENTERTAING AS WELL AS ENLICHTENING. THERE IS A SEVEN PAGE INDEX THAT ALLOWS EASY ACCESS TO FABLED CHICAGO EVENTS AND THEIR NEWSPAPER REPORTS, TRUE OR FALSE, AND THE HISTORY OF THE NEWSPAPERS, REPORTERS AND EDITORS THAT PORTRAY THE EVENTS. THERE IS A SMALL 1/4" FLAP AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE'S DUST JACKET. THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK ARE IN NEAR FINE CONDITION.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: DEADLINES AND MONKEYSHINES - THE FABLED WORLD OF CHICAGO JOURNALISM
• Publisher: PRENTICE-HALL, INC., ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NEW JERSEY
• Publication Date: 1962
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good