"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"--
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"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"--
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Add this copy of A Child of the Century to cart. $19.04, new condition, Sold by Ria Christie Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Uxbridge, MIDDLESEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2020 by Yale University Press.
Add this copy of A Child of the Century to cart. $19.17, new condition, Sold by Ria Christie Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Uxbridge, MIDDLESEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2020 by Yale University Press.
Add this copy of A Child of the Century to cart. $22.54, new condition, Sold by Books2anywhere rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fairford, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2020 by Yale University Press.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Add this copy of A Child of the Century to cart. $20.91, new condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 2020 by Yale University Press.
Add this copy of A Child of the Century to cart. $25.34, new condition, Sold by Booksplease rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southport, MERSEYSIDE, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2020 by Yale University Press.
Add this copy of A Child of the Century to cart. $23.95, new condition, Sold by Paperbackshop International rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fairford, GLOS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2020 by Yale University Press.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
Add this copy of A Child of the Century to cart. $23.56, very good condition, Sold by The Small Library Book Shop rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from London, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1985 by Dutton Adult.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ben Hecht was a prolific writer of screenplays, novels and short stories. Born in the 1890s to Belarussian-Jewish immigrant parents in New York City, he started a successful career as a journalist working for several Chicago newspapers. He is credited, alone or in collaboration, for the screenplays of some seventy films and worked with the biggest Hollywood names of the interwar years: Josef von Sternberg, Howard Hawks, David O. Selznick, Ernst Lubitsch and Alfred Hitchcock. He was also very active in the American Civil Rights movement and became a committed Zionist. The proceeds of a play written by Hecht were used to buy a ship, named the SS Hecht, to carry 900 Holocaust survivors to Palestine. A Child of the Century, his autobiography, was published in 1954 to critical acclaim with praise for the ‘vibrant and candid' writing style although critics suspected that some of the anecdotes were ‘juiced'. As Norman Mailer commented, Hecht 'was never a writer to tell the truth when a concoction could put life in his prose.'.
Add this copy of A Child of the Century to cart. $11.73, fair condition, Sold by Blue Vase Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Interlochen, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Primus (Donald I. Fine) Plume.
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Fair. The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches dents worn and creased covers folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing age related spots and browning. May NOT include discs access code or other supplemental materials.
Add this copy of A Child of the Century to cart. $11.83, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Primus (Donald I. Fine) Plume.
