Word: written
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Both Messrs. Alexander and Pearce, however, agreed on one charm-the Black Cat's Wishbone (which was priced at $1,000 in a circular distributed by Mr. Alexander). About this potent charm the almost equally famed Goofer Dust songs have been written...
...sure, there is nothing new in the "signed" story written by the celebrity whose signature is his only contribution to his article. Mr. Schuyler said that the newspapermen who do the writing that heroes sign are known as "ghosts." But, whatever they may be called, their existence has long been common knowledge. "I wonder who writes his stuff?" gibe even mildly sophisticated U. S. citizens when a heavyweight prizefighter or a matinee idol sets down the story of his life. The "I" story is part of the modern news-exploitation system; accepted as such without particular...
...Author will technically be come a member of the older generation when she reaches her 30th birthday next year. At that time she will be able to remember seven books written, of which four-The Pot Boils, The Pitiful Wife, Three Kingdoms and now, The Lovely Ship are inferior to little that the last decade has produced. She would be justified in feeling that her education in London University, her journalistic and advertising preliminaries, have molded talent to a secure success...
...Written in the mood, somewhat in the setting of South Wind (sophisticated classic by Norman Douglas) this book has some of its characteristics-a sharp satire, a style of suave surprises. But through its pages blows not a strong and pungent sirocco; instead a slow and tepid wind in which insects may hover lazily. Author Faulkner in this casual and breezy work seems always on the verge of an important irony which he never produces. His second novel is a step up in technique, a step down in importance from his powerful Soldiers...
...book by Authors Eames and Marshall appears actually to have been written by them. Miss Eames is a tall, determined younger sister of Actress Clare Eames and writes for the New Yorker...