Books and BipedsArgus Books, 1947 - 258 pages "In a word, 'Books and Bipeds' is for the most part a selection of paragraphs from my weekly book column in the "Chicago Sunday Tribune'..." -- foreword. |
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Page 186
... editors . Editors are not altogether blameless , and I will join anybody in kicking them around ; but the fact is , I ... editor , with whom Porter was in arrears , was trying to get a story out of him in time to meet a deadline . In ...
... editors . Editors are not altogether blameless , and I will join anybody in kicking them around ; but the fact is , I ... editor , with whom Porter was in arrears , was trying to get a story out of him in time to meet a deadline . In ...
Page 191
... editor , al- though inquiries were numerous . Ten years later , on the eve of sailing for Russia to become American minister at St. Petersburg , he died , taking his secret with him to the grave . Whether the author of the Diary ...
... editor , al- though inquiries were numerous . Ten years later , on the eve of sailing for Russia to become American minister at St. Petersburg , he died , taking his secret with him to the grave . Whether the author of the Diary ...
Page 192
... editor of the Review knowingly have perpetrated a hoax ? Was he himself deceived ? Were the numerous blanks only stage properties ? Did the diarist make Rice sole custodian of his secret or did he whisper it to others ? Did author and ...
... editor of the Review knowingly have perpetrated a hoax ? Was he himself deceived ? Were the numerous blanks only stage properties ? Did the diarist make Rice sole custodian of his secret or did he whisper it to others ? Did author and ...
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