F.P.A., the Life and Times of Franklin Pierce Adams

by Sally Ashley

hardcover edition with dust jacket. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0825302560
• ISBN13: 9780825302565
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Beaufort Books
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent

This is an extremely well-written book on a sadly neglected figure in American culture. The most popular newspaper columnist of his time, Adams made "Tinker to Evers to Chance" a national catchphrase and was mentor to George S. Kaufman, James Thurber and other distinguished humorists. I thought the research was particularly thorough--especially regarding the ancestry of Adams' second wife. And someone must have done a lot of work in musty libraries looking up all F.P.A.'s articles for now-forgotten magazines! I hope he got paid well. I would also single out the index for special praise.