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LITTLE, RICHARD HENRY & PETER ARNO & SHELBY LITTLE - The Linebook, 1927

Title: The Linebook, 1927
Description: Chicago, Ill: Chicago Tribune Company, 1927. First Edition. Paperback. Illustrated by Peter Arno. The 1927 selections from Mr. Littles colume in the Tribune in the annual publication of A Line O' Type or Two. Cover illustration by Peter Arno. "Richard Henry Little was a famed Chicago reporter. He went to school at the Illinois Wesleyan College of Law, however, while he was still completing this degree, he began a job in journalism, writing for The Daily Leader. After he graduated, he practiced law for only a year before returning to journalism in 1895 and beginning a job as a reporter at The Chicago Tribune. He reported from Cuba, the Philippines, and Haiti during the Spanish-American War. From 1904 to 1905, he was in charge of documenting the Russo-Japanese War. Additionally, Little began covering Chicago's theater scene and wrote critiques for the Chicago Herald from 1915 until 1917, at which point he was relocated to Venice, Italy to cover World War I. He remained in Europe to continue covering the War for the next couple of years, notably Berlin in 1919 as the Tribune's official correspondent of the armistice." Item now in archival sleeve to preserve and protect condition. Our photo's/scans are of the actual item being sold, not a borrowed image! We provide tracking and ship daily or next business day!; Illustrated; tall 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 64 pages;. Very Good with no dust jacket .

Keywords: Humor Chicago Prose Very Rare Signed Newspaper Chicago Tribune Humor Chicago Prose Very Rare Newspaper Chicago Tribune Peter Arno

Price: US$ 29.97 Seller: A Book Legacy
- Book number: 48526

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