Bibliograph

The New Yorker book of the 40s, story of a decade, edited by Henry Finder with Giles Harvey ; introduction by David Remnick

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The New Yorker book of the 40s, story of a decade, edited by Henry Finder with Giles Harvey ; introduction by David Remnick

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The New Yorker book of the 40s

Responsibility statement

edited by Henry Finder with Giles Harvey ; introduction by David Remnick

Sub title

story of a decade

Summary

The 1940s were a decade of upheaval and innovation: they saw the Nuremberg Trials and Israeli statehood, Casablanca and Duke Ellington, smallpox and skyscrapers, FDR and Le Corbusier, zoot suits and Christian Dior. It was also the decade the New Yorker came of age. This book tells this history

Target audience

adult

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