The world she edited : Katharine S. White at the New Yorker /

In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into THE NEW YORKER'S midtown office and left with a job as an editor. The magazine was only a few months old. Over the next thirty-six years, White would transform the publication into a literary powerhouse. This exquisite biography...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reading, Amy (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Mariner Books, [2024].
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: February 1953
  • Part I: The family glamour (1892-1909)
  • Part II: The new woman gets it all (1910-1925)
  • Part III: Editing a humor weekly (1925-1929)
  • Part IV: Editing a literary powerhouse (1930-1938)
  • Part V: Interregnum (1938-1943)
  • Part VI: The years of greatest influence (1943-1954)
  • Part VII: The editor becomes a writer (1955-1960)
  • Part VIII: Retirement on New Yorker stationery (1961-1977)
  • Epilogue: Katharine S. White forgotten and remembered.