{"product_id":"the-years-with-ross-paperback","title":"The Years with Ross - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Thurber\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom iconic American humorist James\u003cbr\u003eThurber, a celebrated and poignant memoir about his years at \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/em\u003ewith\u003cbr\u003ethe magazine's unforgettable founder and longtime editor, Harold Ross\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Extremely entertaining. . . . life\u003cbr\u003eat \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e emerges as a lovely sort of pageant of lunacy, of practical\u003cbr\u003ejokes, of feuds and foibles. It is an affectionate picture of scamps playing their\u003cbr\u003egames around a man who, for all his brusqueness, loved them, took care of them, \u003cbr\u003epampered and scolded them like an irascible mother hen.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--New York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by Adam Gopnik and\u003cbr\u003eillustrations by James Thurber\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt\u003cbr\u003ethe helm of America's most influential literary magazine from 1925 to 1951, \u003cbr\u003eHarold Ross introduced the country to a host of exciting talent, including Robert\u003cbr\u003eBenchley, Alexander Woollcott, Ogden Nash, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, and\u003cbr\u003eDorothy Parker. But no one could have written about this irascible, eccentric genius\u003cbr\u003emore affectionately or more critically than James Thurber, whose portrait of\u003cbr\u003eRoss captures not only a complex literary giant but a historic friendship and a\u003cbr\u003eglorious era as well. \"If you get Ross down on paper,\" warned Wolcott\u003cbr\u003eGibbs to Thurber,\" nobody will ever believe it.\" But readers of this\u003cbr\u003eunforgettable memoir will find that they do.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering\u003cbr\u003ea peek into the lives of two American literary giants and the New York literary\u003cbr\u003escene at its heyday, \u003cem\u003eThe Years with Ross\u003c\/em\u003e is a true classic, and a\u003cbr\u003etestament to the enduring influence of their genius. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the helm of America's most influential literary magazine for more than half a century, Harold Ross introduced the country to a host of exciting talent, including Robert Benchley, Alexander Woolcott, Ogden Nash, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, and Dorothy Parker. But no one could have written about this irascible, eccentric genius more affectionately or more critically than James Thurber -- an American icon in his own right -- whose portrait of Ross captures not only a complex literary giant but a historic friendship and a glorious era as well. If you get Ross down on paper, warned Wolcott Gibbs to Thurber, nobody will ever believe it. But readers of this unforgettable memoir will find that they do.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.03 x 5.29 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52913662492896,"sku":"9780060959715","price":21.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/5909\/4496\/files\/jFn21zZdh39780060959715.webp?v=1781183251","url":"https:\/\/improvedinc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-years-with-ross-paperback","provider":"Improved Improper Input Inc.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}