{"product_id":"the-lost-algonquin-round-table-nat-benchley-9781440151521","title":"The Lost Algonquin Round Table: Humor, Fiction, Journalism, Criticism and Poetry from America's Most Famous Literary Circle","description":"The Legendary Writers of the \"Vicious Circle\"\u003cbr\u003e Collected Together For the First Time\u003cp\u003e \"The Algonquin was a refuge for the brightest authors, editors, critics, columnists, artists, financiers, composers, directors, producers and actors of the times. The dining-room corner was a hot bed of raconteurs and conversationalists.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Harpo Marx\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In Jazz Age New York City, no literary lights burned more brightly than those of the legendary Algonquin Round Table. Now between covers for the first time is a collection of writing by 16 members of the group, an all-star gathering that took 90 years to come together. Many of these pieces have never been published before; plucked from private family collections and \"lost\" pieces from obscure periodicals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ● Humor pieces by Robert Benchley, Franklin P. Adams, Heywood Broun, Frank Sullivan and Donald Ogden Stewart.\u003cbr\u003e ● Criticism from Dorothy Parker, George S. Kaufman and Robert E. Sherwood.\u003cbr\u003e ● Short fiction by Laurence Stallings and Pulitzer Prize-winners Edna Ferber and Margaret Leech.\u003cbr\u003e ● Journalism from Alexander Woollcott, Ruth Hale and Deems Taylor.\u003cbr\u003e ● Poetry by Adams, Marc Connelly, Dorothy Parker and John V. A. Weaver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With a foreword by Nat Benchley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nat Benchley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1440151520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440151521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nat Benchley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43989828305151,"sku":"9781440151521","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eaea9411-25dd-4691-9c59-d89ac6dc515b.jpg?v=1683301610","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lost-algonquin-round-table-nat-benchley-9781440151521","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}