Description: DAN HYLAND POLICE REPORTER Author: Jonathan, Norton Hughes Title: DAN HYLAND POLICE REPORTER Publication: Chicago: Goldsmith Publishing Company, 1936 Description: Hardcover. Octavo: 250 p. Original paper-covered boards over a green cloth spine, with black titles. A near fine copy in an especially bright dust jacket that has been neatly reinforced with brown paper on the verso.Jonathan (1914-90) published his first young adult novel, The Movie Scout, or the Thrill Hunters, when he was just 19 (Dan Hyland is his fourth). The one-time publicist, newspaper columnist, aspiring playwright, and local radio personality from the Chicago suburbs is perhaps best known today for his 1938 advice book, Gentlemen Aren't Sissies: A Modern Guidebook for the Young Man Around Town Who Wants to Know His Wat Around, which he subsequently updated in 1948 and 1951 under the title Guide Book for the Young Man Around Town.By the time Dan Hyland was published, the crusading reporter was already a well-established trope in fiction, stage, and screen - muckraker Ray Stannard Baker's "Pippins", the story of a young college grad trying to make good on a Chicago daily, was published in Youth's Companion in 1899. Jonathan's improbable plot has Hyland, a college dropout with no journalism experience, rocketing to fame as the ace police reporter of the Chicago Daily Star in just two pages before he takes on Chicago gangster Jules Sparoni and his "ghost gang" that carry out a series of dramatic train robberies - until Hyland foils them.Ironically, Jonathan later wound up on the wrong side of the law, just like his villain Sparoni: in 1967 he was sentenced to one to three years in the Illinois State Penitentiary for embezzling $2,400 from two Chicago-area theater. Near fine / Very good. Seller ID: 76486 Subject: Children's Literature Established in 1981, Johnson Rare Books & Archives offers a wide array of materials from fine first editions to holographic letters, vernacular photography, archives, and other cultural resources. Our bricks and mortar location in downtown Covina, The Book Shop, is located about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. The shop is open six days a week and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. As proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), we uphold our association's code of ethics. Terms All orders ship within two business days. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
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Author: Jonathan, Norton Hughes
Publisher: Goldsmith Publishing Company
Year Printed: 1936
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket
Binding: Cloth
Language: English
Subject: Children's
