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"He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace." -- John Mason Brown
John Mason Brown (3 July 1900 – 16 March 1969) was an American drama critic and author.

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he graduated from Harvard College in 1923. He worked for the New York Evening Post from 1929 to 1941. He served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War II, beginning in 1942. His book, To All Hands, documents his activities aboard the USS Ancon during Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily.

Upon his return, his "Seeing Things" column appeared in The Saturday Review starting in 1944 until his death in New York City. In a 1948 radio broadcast, Brown attacked comic books as "the marijuana of the nursery; the bane of the bassinet; the horror of the house; the curse of the kids; and a threat to the future." (These charges were echoed during this period by other public figures like Sterling North, J. Edgar Hoover, and most notably Dr. Fredric Wertham, until Congressional hearings led to the mid-1950s self-censorship and rapid shrinkage of the comics industry.)

Brown resigned from the Pulitzer Prize drama jury in 1963 when the advisory board refused his recommendation of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

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Total Books: 27
The Political Beginnings of Kentucky a Narrative of Public Events Bearing on the History of That State up to the Time of Its Admission Into
The Political Beginnings of Kentucky A Narrative of Public Events Bearing On the History of That State Up to the Time of Its Admission Into the American Union
The Political Beginnings of Kentucky
2009 - The Political Beginnings of Kentucky [no. 6] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781150395932
ISBN-10: 1150395931
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Memoranda of the Preston Family
2009 - Memoranda of the Preston Family (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781115833370
ISBN-10: 1115833375
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A Lecture on the Law of Contracts Delivered Before the Association of American Government Accountants
Sterling Point Books Daniel Boone The Opening of the Wilderness
2007 - Sterling Point Books Daniel Boone the Opening of the Wilderness [Sterling Point Books] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781402751196
ISBN-10: 1402751192
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
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George Pierce Baker A Memorial
2007 - George Pierce Baker a Memorial (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781432574901
ISBN-10: 1432574906
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Class Reunion
2005 - Class Reunion [Black Coral] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781585711239
ISBN-10: 1585711233
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Romance
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Seeing Things
1971 - Seeing Things (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780837155647
ISBN-10: 0837155649
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Dramatis Personae
1965 - Dramatis Personae (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780670001712
ISBN-10: 0670001716
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L21 Daniel Boone
1963 - L21 Daniel Boone (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780394903217
ISBN-10: 0394903218
Genre: Children's Books
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Dramatis Personae 2
1963 - Dramatis Personae 2 (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780670282173
ISBN-10: 0670282170
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Two on the Aisle Ten Years of the American Theatre in Performance
Two on the Aisle Ten Years of the American Theatre in Performance [Essay and general literature index reprint series] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780804605465
ISBN-10: 0804605467
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Upstage American Theatre in Performance
Upstage American Theatre in Performance [Essay and general literature index reprint series] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780804605472
ISBN-10: 0804605475
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The New Arts Five Volumes in One
The New Arts Five Volumes in One (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780804613408
ISBN-10: 0804613400
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Morning Faces A Book of Children and Parents
Morning Faces a Book of Children and Parents [Essay Index Reprint Series] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780836927559
ISBN-10: 0836927559
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