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- catalog abstract "In 1925, Winchell brought unabashed gossip to the public press. He understood how invading the lives of the famous and revealing their secrets empowered both purveyor and audience, and forever shattered the taboo against what could be said about celebrities in the media. He soon rose from gossip monger to one of the country's most influential political commentators: in his heyday, two thirds of American adults listened to his weekly radio broadcast or read his daily column. He chatted with Damon Runyon and J. Edgar Hoover, savaged his enemies (including Dorothy Parker, Josephine Baker and Arthur Miller) and made reputations (including Arthur Godfrey, Lucy and Desi, Rowan and Martin), embraced the New Deal and then McCarthyism. An examination of his life illustrates how fame is achieved, how it is lost, what one gains from it, what it exacts, and why America is obsessed with it.--From publisher description.".
- catalog contributor b6657272.
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description "In 1925, Winchell brought unabashed gossip to the public press. He understood how invading the lives of the famous and revealing their secrets empowered both purveyor and audience, and forever shattered the taboo against what could be said about celebrities in the media. He soon rose from gossip monger to one of the country's most influential political commentators: in his heyday, two thirds of American adults listened to his weekly radio broadcast or read his daily column. He chatted with Damon Runyon and J. Edgar Hoover, savaged his enemies (including Dorothy Parker, Josephine Baker and Arthur Miller) and made reputations (including Arthur Godfrey, Lucy and Desi, Rowan and Martin), embraced the New Deal and then McCarthyism. An examination of his life illustrates how fame is achieved, how it is lost, what one gains from it, what it exacts, and why America is obsessed with it.--From publisher description.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index (p. [649]-659) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction. -- pt. 1. Walter Winschel. The curse ; Newsboy ; Surviving -- pt. 2. W.W. Filling the void ; Stardom ; At war ; Lost -- pt. 3. Walter Winchell. A head for an eye ; The enemy of my enemy ; "He'll wake up one day ..." -- Epilogue.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 681 p., [24] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Winchell.".
- catalog identifier "0679417516 :".
- catalog isFormatOf "Winchell.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House,".
- catalog relation "Winchell.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "070/.92 B 20".
- catalog subject "Journalists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "PN4874.W67 G33 1994".
- catalog subject "Winchell, Walter, 1897-1972.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction. -- pt. 1. Walter Winschel. The curse ; Newsboy ; Surviving -- pt. 2. W.W. Filling the void ; Stardom ; At war ; Lost -- pt. 3. Walter Winchell. A head for an eye ; The enemy of my enemy ; "He'll wake up one day ..." -- Epilogue.".
- catalog title "Winchell : gossip, power, and the culture of celebrity / Neal Gabler.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".