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1st ed. |
| Description |
viii, 294 pages ; 20 cm |
| Note |
"All material appeared in the author's "Observer" column in The New York Times and his "Sunday Observer" column in the New York Times Magazine"--Title page verso. |
| Contents |
Regions of the past -- Urban Gothic -- Of duds, wogs, Mae West, and others -- Merrily we Pentagon -- English utilizationage -- Media: or that's that rotting my brain -- Etc. |
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[Part 1.] Regions of the past : A visit with the folks ; The boy who came to supper ; Heck on wheels ; Gross roots ; Right smart o' wind ; Any humans there? ; There is no there here ; The unwelcome wagon ; A memory of rope ; Moseying around ; A patch in time ; Making it -- [Part 2.] Urban Gothic : Beastly Manhattan ; Those Prussian wheels ; The far side of Styx ; The lull in lullaby ; Such nice people -- [Part 3] Of duds, wogs, Mae West and others : The dreamer's progress ; The duds doldrums ; Now it can be told ; Marriage à la mode ; Elephant's-eye high ; A Gothic tale ; A little sanity, please ; Crank at the bank ; Moon of Cualadora ; How shall I dear thee? ; Fear of fossils ; The cruelest month ; Bye-bye, silver bullets ; Egg on the face ; Ghost story ; There she is -- [Part 4.] Merrily we Pentagon : Universal military motion ; Mail-order tanks ; The $138 million mistake ; Brass hat in hand -- [Part 5.] English Utilizationage : Babble, babble, glub-glub ; Vanishing breed ; Crashing into Crosswordland ; Doctor of the interior ; Loss of face ; The English mafia -- [Part 6.] Media: or what's that rotting my brain? : Completely different ; Tooth and man ; Waiting for H-hour ; Forever ember ; The legal pitch ; The scrutable Kremlin ; The road to Apeville ; Riches of the tube ; And the Reich goes on ; Rocked ; Mind over blather ; The mushroom blues ; Taking heroes seriously ; No peace for old pharaoh ; The male weepie ; A better column ; Flicking the dial -- [Part 7.] Etc. : Back to the dump ; The only gentlemen ; Being rich ; Summer action ; Back at the manse ; The president's plumbing ; Ball of wax ; Ringing up the past ; Blowing up ; No tears for the Giants ; A previous life ; On the side of the Angels ; Cigar-smoke science ; By royal command ; A hey nonny George ; Nodding by the mire ; Being mean ; Barnum lives on ; Eat what you are ; From chairpersons to total persons ; The boys of autumn ; Adversity ; A cold hard net ; Through a glass darkly ; In bed we lie ; I remember Papa ; Sealed ears ; Master of the chains ; Getting mighty small in here ; My adolescent bed ; Addals of Medicid ; To catch a train ; To wrack and Rome ; The well-bred mummy ; Delights of the time warp ; Rain of terror ; Cowering before Omoo ; Tales for cats ; Where have all the ulcers gone? ; Wiggy ; Fathering ; Grandparenting ; The joy of anger ; Going first class ; Things passed. |
| Summary |
Consists of material from the author's columns in the New York Times and the New York Times magazine. |
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American essays.
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Magazine and newspaper columnists.
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Journalists -- New York (State) -- New York.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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| Added Title |
New York times.
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New York times magazine.
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| ISBN |
086553098X |
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9780865530980 |
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0312927304 (St. Martin's) |
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9780312927301 (St. Martin's) |
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