The Wonderful Room: The Making of a Texas Newspaperman - Hardcover

Woolley, Bryan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0916727742 ISBN 13: 9780916727741

Verlag: Wings Press, 2010

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Book by Woolley Bryan

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"Bryan Woolley has written another gem, this one drawn from days when newspaper editors wore weird green translucent visors, the kid reporter's assignments served up drinks and smokes with Ty Cobb and Louis Armstrong, and he was lost in the rain in Ju rez, long before anyone heard of Bob Dylan." --Jan Reid, author, The Hammer Comes Down "I loved Woolley's stories about newspapering in El Paso. They have the feel and smell of the real world of the newsroom where I also grew up. The Wonderful Room made me wish mine had been in El Paso. " --Jim Lehrer, novelist and PBS news anchor "Bryan Woolley is the troubadour of Texas journeys, large and small." --Laura Furman, series editor, the O. Henry Prize stories "Bryan Woolley's writing is vivid and heartfelt, expansive with character and insight. You can read The Wonderful Room in less than an hour, but there's a whole world in it. It's a great big little book." --Steve Harrigan, author, The Gates of the Alamo

Reseña del editor

Following the life of journalist Bryan Woolley, this lively account paints a colorful and accurate picture of newspaper reporting on the Mexican border 50 years ago. From Woolley's initiation at the El Paso Times to his smoking cigars with Andres Segovia and his pulling on the pant leg of Louie Armstrong to get an interview, this is the tale of the cantankerous, boozy, cynical, and somehow heroic characters who once inhabited the newsroom of a great American town. Highlighting the glory days of journalism, this autobiography shows how a single newspaper story can change people's lives for the better.

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• Verlag: Wings Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0916727742
• ISBN 13: 9780916727741
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 78