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Hired pens : professional writers in America's Golden Age of print

Author: Ronald Weber
Publisher: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Weber, Ronald, 1934-
Hired pens.
Athens : Ohio University Press, c1997
(OCoLC)605208382
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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