About Town -The New Yorker And The World It Made

by Yagoda, Ben

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NY: Scribner , 2000. First Edition.12pp B&W photographs. 8vo, 480pp. A biography of the magazine. The author had access to three thousand boxes of internal correspondence, memos etc. As well as interviews with more than 50 people.(rem mark).. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Book summary

This cultural history of one of the most venerated magazines in America focuses on the years between The New Yorker's founding and the departure of editor William Shawn, demonstrating both the way the magazine cultivated a culture of readers and the ways the magazine's mission fluctuated.