About the Author:
About the Editor:
Karl E. Meyer, a member of The New York Times editorial board, is a Wisconsin-born third-generation journalist. He cubbed for The Milwaukee Journal and was an editorial writer and foreign correspondent for The Washington Post before joining The Times in 1979. His previous books include The Plundered Past, The Pleasures of Archaeology, The Art Museum, and The Cuban Invasion (with Tad Szulc).
Review:
"Here's a glittering grab bag of prime prose, a cornucopia of columns, produced and printed in America, from Ben Franklin and Tom Paine right up to George Will, Mike Royko, and Miss Manners....A reviewer burns with a low steady fever trying to decide what examples to select from an
embarrassment of riches....This is a long-needed collection of splendid writing. there's even an appendix with capsule bios of the columnists who didn't make the editor's cut but earn his mea culpa for leaving them out....Every reader should thank Meyer for collecting and preserving so many of
these marvelous pieces. This book is a keeper"--Washington Journalism Review
"This is a book with a large common denominator of interest: It has something for everybody....The book has no serious rival and is an indispensable single source for the study of newspaper column writing in America"--Library Journal
"A classic text for years to come....An irresistibly oddball history of American life."--Washington Post Book World
"Here's a glittering grab bag of prime prose, a cornucopia of columns, produced and printed in America, from Ben Franklin and Tom Paine right up to George Will, Mike Royko, and Miss Manners....A reviewer burns with a low steady fever trying to decide what examples to select from an
embarrassment of riches....This is a long-needed collection of splendid writing. there's even an appendix with capsule bios of the columnists who didn't make the editor's cut but earn his mea culpa for leaving them out....Every reader should thank Meyer for collecting and preserving so many of
these marvelous pieces. This book is a keeper"--Washington Journalism Review
"What a wonderful concept; a compilation of columns throughout history. This is a long-overdue idea. The text will prove an invaluable tool and a source for inspiration for my Editorial and Opinion Writing students this spring. My hats off to Mr. Meyer for making my job as a teacher that
much easier. No longer do I have to research and photocopy, or read and clip."--Shawn W. Murphy, Oklahoma Panhandle State University
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