Life Stories
Profiles from the New Yorker
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A collection of The New Yorker's famous "Profiles" of people such as Hemingway, Hearst, Baryshnikov, and other less well-known personalities. Writers include many of the magazine's finest: John McPhee, Calvin Trillin, A.J. Liebling, Truman Capote, and Lillian Ross.
Editions of Life Stories
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Audio Cassette |
Publisher Random House |
Date 2000 |
Price $15.69 |
 Very Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Random House Inc |
Date 2000 |
Price $10.00 |
VG+/VG+ Crisp copy. Some faint soiling |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Modern Library |
Date 2001 |
Price $8.50 |
Very Good+ |
Publisher Notes
An updated anthology of biographical profiles from The New Yorker covers some of the most influencial and infamous people of the century, from Ernest Hemingway and Legs Diamond to Adolf HItler and Edith Wharton, and has been expanded to include new profiles of country singer Lucinda Williams and venture-capitalist-turned designer Ed Weinberger.
Media Reviews
"Any go-ahead editor of one of those shiny magazines that come with the weekend newspapers should withhold commissions from the magazine's interviewers until they get their minds around The New Yorker's celebrated profiles....Go for the Profiles."
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