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Before the Golden Age of magazines drew to a close half a century ago--soon to be beaten at the entertainment game by the new little boxes with moving images that were finding their way into the homes of more & more Americans--a young PR man at General Electric sold his 1st short story to one of the doomed publications. By the time he'd sold his 34d, he decided to quit GE & join the likes of Hemingway, Fitzgerald & Faulkner. & try to make a living at 1500 dollars a pop. With four major magazines running five stories each week & smaller ones scouting as well, it was a seller's market, & Kurt Vonnegut was delighted & comfortable being published regularly by The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Argosy & others.
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Bagombo Snuff Box, Peter J. Reed, Kurt Vonnegut
- Language
- Released
- 1999
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- Bagombo Snuff Box
- Subtitle
- Uncollected Short Fiction
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Peter J. Reed, Kurt Vonnegut
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 295
- ISBN10
- 0399145052
- ISBN13
- 9780399145056
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Humor, Sci-Fi, Classics, Short Stories, American Literature, Satire
- Description
- Before the Golden Age of magazines drew to a close half a century ago--soon to be beaten at the entertainment game by the new little boxes with moving images that were finding their way into the homes of more & more Americans--a young PR man at General Electric sold his 1st short story to one of the doomed publications. By the time he'd sold his 34d, he decided to quit GE & join the likes of Hemingway, Fitzgerald & Faulkner. & try to make a living at 1500 dollars a pop. With four major magazines running five stories each week & smaller ones scouting as well, it was a seller's market, & Kurt Vonnegut was delighted & comfortable being published regularly by The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Argosy & others.