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City Room
City Room
Author: Arthur Gelb
Arthur Gelb was hired by the New York Times in 1944 as a night copyboy-the paper's lowliest position. 45 years later, he retired as its managing editor. Along the way, he exposed crooked cops and politicians, mentored a generation of talented journalists, was the first to praise the as-yet-undiscovered Woody Allen and Barbara Streisand, a...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780425198315
ISBN-10: 0425198316
Publication Date: 11/2/2004
Pages: 664
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Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Definitely a "must" for anyone who enjoys The New York Times and/or New York City. It may be sacrilege to suggest, but I did think Arthur Gelb could have used a good editor -- the book could have been 100 pages shorter and just that much tighter. Having said that, it was great to hear Gelb's anecdotes about well-known "bylines" at the times, as well as his insider's account of all the stories the Times broke during his four decades on the paper.


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