A child of the century /

Ben Hecht's critically acclaimed autobiographical memoir, first published in 1954, offers incomparably pungent evocations of Chicago in the 1910s and 1920s, Hollywood in the 1930s, and New York during the Second World War and after. "His manners are not always nice, but then nice manners d...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964 (Autor)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: New Haven : Yale University Press [2020]
Acesso em linha:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvwcjfbn
Sumário:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Book One. WHO AM I?
  • Book Two. THE CALIPHATE
  • Book Three. CHICAGO
  • Book Four. I WAS A REPORTER
  • Book Five. ARTIST, FRIEND, AND MONEYMAKER
  • Book Six. THE COMMITTEE
  • Index