{"product_id":"the-years-with-ross-isbn-9780060959715","title":"The Years with Ross","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom iconic American humorist James\u003cbr\u003eThurber, a celebrated and poignant memoir about his years at \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/em\u003ewith\u003cbr\u003ethe magazine’s unforgettable founder and longtime editor, Harold Ross\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Extremely entertaining. . . . life\u003cbr\u003eat \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e emerges as a lovely sort of pageant of lunacy, of practical\u003cbr\u003ejokes, of feuds and foibles. It is an affectionate picture of scamps playing their\u003cbr\u003egames around a man who, for all his brusqueness, loved them, took care of them,\u003cbr\u003epampered and scolded them like an irascible mother hen.” \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—New York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a foreword by Adam Gopnik and\u003cbr\u003eillustrations by James Thurber\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt\u003cbr\u003ethe helm of America’s most influential literary magazine from 1925 to 1951,\u003cbr\u003eHarold Ross introduced the country to a host of exciting talent, including Robert\u003cbr\u003eBenchley, Alexander Woollcott, Ogden Nash, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, and\u003cbr\u003eDorothy Parker. But no one could have written about this irascible, eccentric genius\u003cbr\u003emore affectionately or more critically than James Thurber, whose portrait of\u003cbr\u003eRoss captures not only a complex literary giant but a historic friendship and a\u003cbr\u003eglorious era as well. \"If you get Ross down on paper,\" warned Wolcott\u003cbr\u003eGibbs to Thurber,\" nobody will ever believe it.\" But readers of this\u003cbr\u003eunforgettable memoir will find that they do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering\u003cbr\u003ea peek into the lives of two American literary giants and the New York literary\u003cbr\u003escene at its heyday, \u003cem\u003eThe Years with Ross\u003c\/em\u003e is a true classic, and a\u003cbr\u003etestament to the enduring influence of their genius. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"A many prismed view of the man, his time, his editorship, his writers and staff, and the growth of a provincial sheet into an internationally accepted American weekly. . . . An affirmation of a love for a man, as well as his profession, this accords full tribute, to one whom many will \"never forget as long as I live\", with mind as well as heart.\"  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Superb. . . . [a] revealing portrait of Harold Wallace Ross, the unbelievable founder and editor of \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[An] extremely entertaining memoir. . . . life at \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e emerges as a lovely sort of pageant of lunacy, of practical jokes, of feuds and foibles. It is an affectionate picture of scamps playing their games around a man who, for all his brusqueness, loved them, took care of them, pampered and scolded them like an irascible mother hen.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is Thurber's book \u003cem\u003eThe Years with Ross\u003c\/em\u003e that every journalist should have. It chronicles the restless genius and sometimes frustrating ways of legendary \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e editor Harold Ross, who brought together an extraordinary cavalcade of talent (including Thurber) but somehow managed to keep his cast of divas productive. . . . Most of all, the book captures the fun of inventing the perfect magazine during journalism's heyday.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Endlessly entertaining.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A perfectly wonderful reminiscence about one of the most intriguing personalities in the literary world by one of the best writers of our time.\"  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial Modern Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887516381413,"sku":"NP9780060959715","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780060959715.jpg?v=1730226270","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-years-with-ross-isbn-9780060959715","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}