Word: crankiest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...told, the volumes make a wonderfully cranky, talky, valuable record, as honest as daylight, as native as Congress gaiters and a black string tie. The latest installment is probably the crankiest and talkiest of the lot: a huge collection of clips, quotes, yarns, letters, anecdotes, poor jokes, explanations and refutations. The arrangement is roughly chronological, pointed up with oldtime editorial subheads ("A Doubting Thomas Converted," "Are Dreadnaughts Doomed?"), illustrated with practically a national gallery of photographs and political cartoons...