EXTRA! EXTRA!

HENRY JUSTIN SMITH

Published by STERLIING NORTH, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 1932

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THIS BOOK IS SIGNED BY HENRY JUSTIN SMITH AND IS HAND NUMBERED 107. THE BOOK IS A SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION OF 2000 COPIES.THE BOOK IS A PUBLISHCATION 0 F TWO PRIOR FICTION BOOKS AUTHORED BY HENRY JUSTIN SMITH. THE TITLES OF THOSE EARLIER BOOKS WERE "DEADLINES" AND "JOSSLYN". THOSE FICTION BOOKS ARE ABOUT THE NLYEWSPAPER PROFESSION IN CHICAGO. THERE IS A BURTON RASCOE INTRODUCTION ABOUT TWO EARLIER FICTION BOOKS BY HENRY JUSTIN SMITH, THE HONERED MANAGING EDITOR OF THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS NEWSPAPER IN ITS" HEY DAYS" IN THE 1820'S AND 19390'S. HENRY JUSTIN SMITH'S REPUTATIONS FOR CULTURING AND INFLUENCING THE EARLY CAREERS OF NEWSPAPER REPORTERS SUCH AS BEN HECHT, CARL SANDBERG, VINCENT STARRETT, ROBERT J. CASEY, LLOYD LEWIS, HARRY HANSEN, KEITH PRESTON, JOHN V. A, WEAVER AND OTHERS HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN MULTIPLE BOOKS.ALL OF THESE CHICAGO NEWSPAPER MEN WENT ON TO OTHER WRITING PROFESSIONS SUCH AS IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY AS PLAYRIGHTS, NOVELISTS, HISTORIANS, POETS AND OFTEN HONORED CHARACTORS.IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. THE BOOK IS SIGNED BT HENRY JUSTIN SMITH AND IS UNCOMMON ALTHOUGH 2000 COPIES WERE PRINTED. THIS BOOK IS COVERED IN A LIGHT BLUE RIBBED CLOTH. THE SPUNE CLOTH IS TONED WITH AGE, THE INTERIOR PAGES ARE VERY TIGHT AND CLEAN. THE EARLIER BOOKS ARE LISTED IN CLARENCE A. ANDREWS "CHICAGO IN STORY - A LITERARY HISTORY.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: EXTRA! EXTRA!
• Publisher: STERLIING NORTH, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
• Publication Date: 1932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)