City Room |
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| Author:
| Gelb, Arthur |
| ISBN: | 978-0-425-19831-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2004 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.00 |
Book Description:
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A New York Times Notable Book Arthur Gelb was hired by
The New York Times in 1944 as a night copyboy--the paper's lowliest position. Forty-five years later, he retired as its managing editor. Along the way, he exposed crooked cops and politicians, mentored a generation of our most-talented journalists, was the first to praise the as-yet-undiscovered Woody Allen and Barbra Streisand, and brought Joe Papp instant recognition. From D-Day to the liberation...
More Description A New York Times Notable Book
Arthur Gelb was hired by The New York Times in 1944 as a night copyboy--the paper's lowliest position. Forty-five years later, he retired as its managing editor. Along the way, he exposed crooked cops and politicians, mentored a generation of our most-talented journalists, was the first to praise the as-yet-undiscovered Woody Allen and Barbra Streisand, and brought Joe Papp instant recognition. From D-Day to the liberation of the concentration camps, from the agony of Vietnam to the resignation of a President, from the fall of Joe McCarthy to the rise of the "Woodstock Nation," Gelb gives an insider's take on the great events of this nation's history--what he calls "the happiest days of my life."