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Author Parker, Douglas M., 1935-

Title Ogden Nash : the life and work of America's laureate of light verse / Douglas M. Parker ; with a foreword by Dana Gioia.

Publication Info. Chicago : Ivan R. Dee, 2005.

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY NASH    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B NASH, OGDEN    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B NASH    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 316 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-274) and index.
Contents The early influences -- Getting started -- The New Yorker: in the beginning -- Happy days -- Writing light verse...in the depression -- Hollywood beckons -- At home in Baltimore -- One touch of Venus -- Lyrics by Nash -- The children grow up -- Economics of poetry: selling the wares -- From radio to lecture hall to television -- Laureate of the age of friction -- Another day, another dolor -- Baltimore redux and little boar's head -- The wise owls of Forty-Third Street -- Oh, to be in England -- The last stanza -- The Nash legacy -- The family.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR UG 9.8 21.0 109028.
Subject Nash, Ogden, 1902-1971.
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Humorous poetry, American -- History and criticism.
ISBN 156663637X alkaline paper
Standard No. 9781566636377
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