Jack Lait (1883–1954)
Auteur de Washington Confidential
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: From "What's In the New York Evening Journal," Project Gutenberg
Œuvres de Jack Lait
Our Will Rogers 1 exemplaire
A practical guide to successful writing 1 exemplaire
The Big City After Dark - New York Confidential 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Amazing Stories Vol. 27, No. 4 [April-May 1953] — Auteur — 4 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Lait, Jack
- Nom légal
- Lait , Jacquin Leonard
- Date de naissance
- 1883-03-13
- Date de décès
- 1954-04-01
- Lieu de sépulture
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Beverly Hills, California, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- New York, New York, USA
- Professions
- journalist
columnist
editor - Organisations
- New York Daily Mirror
Hearst Corporation
Membres
Critiques
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Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 14
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 201
- Popularité
- #109,507
- Évaluation
- 3.1
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 4
- Favoris
- 1
I was interested in the roots of D.C. vice, especially the geography of historic sin in the District. It's a tough slog for that, though you do get the overall picture that the 1950's nexus of sin was roughly in the vicinity of what today is Penn Quarter. It has since moved decidedly uptown!
I was actually led to this from the bibliography in Mark Opsasnick's Capitol Rock, which had an oddly conservative tone that I couldn't quite put my finger on. Now it makes more sense.
Marginally interesting, but most of a progressive bent will find it too infuriating to have much utility and its "entertainment value" wears off quickly.… (plus d'informations)