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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. 2980 A Diary of the Century: Tales from America's Greatest Diarist, by Edward Robb Ellis (read 18 May 1997) Ellis was born 22 Feb 1911 in Kewanee, Illinois, and in 1927 he began keeping a diary and he continued keeping it till this book was published in 1995. There is much I don't like about the man revealed in this book--made up of excerpts from his diary (less than 1% of the total)--he is an agnostic, an alcoholic, a womanizer at times, and totally amoral sexually, a pot-smoker, and he writes at times like a second-rate journalist (which he was, till 1962). The diary as published leaves out prominent events, and puts in some asinine stuff. But, tho when I was half way thru I'd have quit reading if I were a quitter, by the time I was done I was glad I kept reading and I am quite interested in much he had to say. He was a great reader and is avidly interested in books, and his diary--the Guinness Book of Records in 1981 listed his diary as the world's biggest--has made an exceptional book. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"From eager youth in Kewanee, Illinois, to feature writer and author, Ellis paints a palpable, candid, and telling picture of American life and his own experiences in the twentieth century. His book is filled with hundreds of characters and plots for scores of short stories and dozens of novels." "He sees Garbo on the silent screen, and he hears Jolson sing when movies begin talking. He is a teenager when Wall Street crashes, and a young man during the Great Depression. His diary entries of those lean years are among the most visceral, haunting passages in the book." "As a reporter in Kewanee, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Peoria, Chicago, and New York, Ellis had a ringside seat at events rarely witnessed by most Americans. He interviews Thomas Mann on Germany in the wake of the Nazi defeat; he watches Mae West ogle Mr. America backstage; he takes long walks with Harry Truman, and inadvertently uses Eleanor Roosevelt as a messenger during World War II. We also find candid portraits of Sinclair Lewis, Louis Armstrong, Paul Robeson, Irving Berlin, and Grace Kelly, among many other celebrities, as well as dozens of ordinary Americans, like Frank Bronnenkant, the riveter who fell in love with the Brooklyn Bridge." "Cited as America's largest diary in the Guinness Book of World Records, Ellis's journal is a vivid, passionate portrait of twentieth-century America, mirroring its turbulent decades and tumultuous changes. It is also the stirring personal drama of one man and his times: the author as adolescent, bachelor, husband, father, reporter, widower, friend, and indomitable octogenarian. This is enduring Americana, evocative and enlightening, amusing and wise; a wondrous saga to read and savor often and with great pleasure."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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