Santa Clara Valley Memoirs (originally published as Hot Type and Pony Wire) by Young, John V - 1980

Santa Cruz, California: Western Tanager Press, 1980. Hardbound . Reissue Edition. BINDING/CONDITION: blue cloth; a Very Good book, with a Very Good dust jacket; the dust jacket is not price clipped. This copy is Signed by the author. Dust jacket art by Carol Angelo. This was originally published as Hot Type and Pony Wire; in fact, the book spine and title page bear that title; only the dust jacket features the new title: Santa Clara Valley Memoirs. Includes a few b&w historic photo illustrations. The subtitle (from the original title) reads: My Life as a California Reporter from Prohibition to Pearl Harbor. John V Young plied the newspaper trade in Northern California from Pittsburg and San Francisco to San Jose and Salinas, eventually becoming city editor of the San Jose Mercury Herald. 8vo (about 8'' to 9.5'' tall) 176 pages. Index.