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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Weber, Ronald, 1934- Hired pens. Athens : Ohio University Press, c1997 (OCoLC)605208382 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ronald Weber |
| ISBN: | 0821412043 9780821412046 0821412051 9780821412053 |
| OCLC Number: | 36969669 |
| Description: | 315 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Prologue. Clever authors of acceptable work : living by words on America's Grub street -- ch. 1. Light artillery of the intellect : the emergence of the versatile magazinists -- ch. 2. Cacoethes scribendi : women writers among the paying periodicals -- ch. 3. Laying pipes : fiction factories at full throttle -- ch. 4. That precious over-note : fictioneers among the pulps, slicks, and paperback originals -- ch. 5. Sublime tramps : newspaper journalism and the dream of the writing life -- ch. 6. Writing for the millions : newspaper syndicates expand the market -- ch. 7. Sporting life : field, stream, and playing field as material -- ch. 8. Facts of the matter : the vogue of biography, history, and current events -- ch. 9. Brass tacks : how to succeed at the writing game -- ch. 10. Gatekeepers : dominant editors in the glory days of magazines -- Epilogue. Sweet deal : writing for hire in the new age. |
| Responsibility: | Ronald Weber. |
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