The Lost Algonquin Round Table: Humor, Fiction, Journalism, Criticism and Poetry from America's Most Famous Literary Circle Contributor(s): Benchley, Nat (Editor), Fitzpatrick, Kevin C. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1440151520 ISBN-13: 9781440151521 Publisher: iUniverse OUR PRICE: $26.06 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric |
Dewey: 808.8 |
Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.14 lbs) 300 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Legendary Writers of the "Vicious Circle" Collected Together For the First Time "The Algonquin was a refuge for the brightest authors, editors, critics, columnists, artists, financiers, composers, directors, producers and actors of the times. The dining-room corner was a hot bed of raconteurs and conversationalists." In Jazz Age New York City, no literary lights burned more brightly than those of the legendary Algonquin Round Table. Now between covers for the first time is a collection of writing by 16 members of the group, an all-star gathering that took 90 years to come together. Many of these pieces have never been published before; plucked from private family collections and "lost" pieces from obscure periodicals. ● Humor pieces by Robert Benchley, Franklin P. Adams, Heywood Broun, Frank Sullivan and Donald Ogden Stewart. With a foreword by Nat Benchley. |