John Bartlow Martin: A Voice for the Underdog

by Ray E. Boomhower

Book Overview

During the 1940s and 1950s, one name, John Bartlow Martin, dominated the pages of the "big slicks," the Saturday Evening Post, LIFE, Harper's, Look, and Collier's. A former reporter for the Indianapolis Times, Martin was one of a handful of freelance writers able to survive solely on this writing. Over a career that spanned nearly fifty years, his peers lauded him as "the best living reporter," the "ablest crime...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253016142
• ISBN13: 9780253016140
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 9.1"