Richard Harding Davis was a world-famous journalist, bestselling novelist and short story writer, playwright, and war reporter at the turn of the century. A generation of writers including Theodore Dreiser, Sinclair Lewis, and Ernest Hemingway tried to emulate him in their lives and writing. Now Lubow brings this long-lost icon back to readers. Two 8-page inserts.
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Richard Harding Davis was a world-famous journalist, bestselling novelist and short story writer, playwright, and war reporter at the turn of the century. A generation of writers including Theodore Dreiser, Sinclair Lewis, and Ernest Hemingway tried to emulate him in their lives and writing. Now Lubow brings this long-lost icon back to readers. Two 8-page inserts.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. First Edition, 1st printing; light visible wear to the dust jacket. DJ is creased at the front flap and there are a few light scratches, but is fine otherwise. Interior pages clean and unmarked. Tight binding. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 438 p. Audience: General/trade.
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2 B&W era photo sections; Decorated End Pages. New in New jacket. Book CONDITION: NEW 1992 Charles Scribner's hardcover (teal boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. 2 B&W era photo sections plus decorated end pages. The scans were done with the mylar jacket in place-so any imperfections you might spy are the result of that. CONTENT: In this day of superstar reporters and TV giants, I submit that this object lesson is one for discussion by the likes of Rachel Maddow or Anderson Cooper. Davis was a celebrated war correspondent emulated by London, Crane, Dreiser, S. Lewis, and Hemingway-in their personal and professional life. However, in private Davis was unhappy being the son of a successful, strong-willed writer mother. His early marriage came at age 35 and was unconsummated. After his mother died, he divorced wife 1 and married a young vaudeville star. He died during World War I and has been all but forgotten. This book resurrects him for us. Fascinating.
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Very good, very good. 25 cm, 438, illus., slight wear, soiling, and sticker residue to DJ. Compelling new biography of Richard Harding Davis (1864-1916), the American writer and war correspondent most famous for his harrowing description of Theodore Roosevelt's legendary charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War.
Believe it or not, a lot of people who like Victorian-era adventure stories never heard of Richard Harding Davis. RHD was a journalism superstar in his day, and his life's work is a gold mine of rip-snortin' adventure journalism -- the kind that stops the fight for afternoon tea and tells the story in the parlor, clean, properly dressed, and with a stiff upper lip. Davis is Flashman -- without the sexual hijinks -- who demands to be taken seriously and should be granted that respect, for he was the real thing.
Davis was the foremost war correspondent of his day. After launching his career in journalism, he got into every scrap and major disaster that happened in the world between 1882 and 1917, when he died of a massive heart attack. He wrote newspaper stories, sketches, true adventure and fiction. It sold like hotcakes at the time, and there's lots of it out there for modern readers to sip on. Read Arthur Lubow's 'The Reporter Who Would be King.' Then go and read Davis's stories: they're chock full of real-life villains and heroes, many of whom had adventures you never heard tell of before. Richard Harding Davis is great stuff.