In 1921, Ben Hecht wrote a column for the Chicago Daily News that his editor called “journalism extraordinary; journalism that invaded the realm of literature.” Hecht’s collection of sixty-four of these pieces, illustrated with striking pen drawings by Herman Rosse, is a timeless caricature of urban American life in the jazz age, updated with a new Introduction for the twenty-first century. From the glittering opulence of Michigan Avenue to the darkest ruminations of an escaped convict, from captains of industry to immigrant day laborers, Hecht captures 1920s Chicago in all its furor, intensity, and absurdity.
“The hardboiled audacity and wit that became Hecht’s signature as Hollywood’s most celebrated screen-writer are conspicuous in these vignettes. Most of them are comic and sardonic, some strike muted tragic or somber atmospheric notes. . . . The best are timeless character sketches that have taken on an added interest as shards of social history.”—L. S. Klepp, Voice Literary Supplement

A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago

History

Hecht, Ben

Savage, Bill

Americas

University of Chicago Press

Believing - Salvation - Praise: My Journey From Atheist to Christian and Beyond

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

FriesenPress

Everyone is going through life pursuing happiness and few find True Happiness. That pursuit may take many forms; family, jobs, wealth and so on. This scriptural based autobiography will direct you step by step to that Love and True Happiness you have been so desperately seeking, whether Christian or Atheist. I know; God took an Atheist believing in evolution destine for hell, and adopted me as a son with all its privileges. The title of the book is in a circle symbolizing God's purpose for your life. You Believe, You Get Saved, You Give God the Praise, someone else sees Christ through the change in your life and wants to know the reason for your hope. They hear and see his word in action and come to Believe and the circle continues. God told me over thirty years ago to write this book. It took heart attacks, open heart surgery, two types of cancer and seven cancer surgeries before I listened. Learn how not to make the same mistakes that I did. To God be the Praise for everything he has done for me!...

The Warwick Ring is a circular canal route in the Midlands. It follows five different canals, connecting two cities, seven towns and many hamlets and villages. It's around 115 miles long and travelling by narrowboat takes between one and two weeks. Walking it takes a little longer and you will be joining Bill to make the journey, not all in one go, but in bite sized pieces. These days, when Bill walks the towpath, he gets more than physical exercise. Walking with Bill will be sometimes a tiny bit weird, often hilarious, always eventful and inevitably informative. Since discovering the Warwick Ring, he has a new challenge to conquer, and you will be his companion on this idiosyncratic journey. Bill has an eye for the derelict and the decaying, and loves to dig up the amazing history that follows the canal. You will be traveling through beautiful rural countryside and urban city grunge, chatting with interesting characters along the way, and experiencing the highs and lows of this journey-with-a-difference. So, what are you waiting for? Lets go.

Canal is King: A perpetual journey around the Warwick Ring

Travel

Europe

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

To the Mill and Back

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

BookBaby

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