Best of Royko : The Tribune Years by Mike Royko (2018, Hardcover)

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PublisherAgate Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN-101572842555
ISBN-139781572842557
eBay Product ID (ePID)242826178

Product Key Features

Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBest of Royko : the Tribune Years
SubjectJournalism, Commentary & Opinion, Essays
Publication Year2018
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections
AuthorMike Royko
FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight0.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2018-019299
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal818/.5409
Table Of ContentIntroduction by John Kass Chapter 1: The Curmudgeon at Work and Play Chapter 2: For Better and For Worse, We All Gotta Eat Chapter 3: Guns and Crime and Cops Chapter 4: The Beleagured Little Guy's Best Friend Chapter 5: Sports and the Creatures Who Do It Chapter 6: Politics and the Creatures Who Play It Chapter 7: Music, Film, TV, Art, and The Creatures Who Make It Chapter 8: Come On In, Meet the Family, Her Father Probably Won't Bite Chapter 9: Sonny, Back In MY Day . . . Chapter 10: Ain't Too Proud To Beg Chapter 11: War - Been There, Done That, Seen It, Hate It Chapter 12: The Funniest Guy in the Room Chapter 13: Me, Myself and I Chapter 14: Poopery, er, Potpourri
SynopsisFor more than 30 years, Mike Royko was a part of the daily fabric of Chicagoans' lives, penning often humorous and always honest columns first for the Chicago Daily News , then the Sun-Times , and finally the Tribune . Culled from thousands of his Tribune columns and edited by his son David Royko, this collection offers up his best material from the last stage in his career, which was cut short by his premature death in 1997., A collection of legendary columnist Mike Royko's best work from the Chicago Tribune , edited by his son David Royko.
LC Classification NumberPN4874.R744A25 2018

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  • It is what it is...the best of Royko!

    This guy was a genius....so smart,& what a sense of humor...I'd laugh out loug reading some of his articles! I recomment anyone that likes to read,to read this.....He had a knowledge of the city,its "characters",the good guys & the not so good....

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  • great read

    I enjoyed reading this book. Mike Royko was an interesting columnist. Reading many of his columns is like taking a time machine to the past.

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  • Good

    Good book for a pleasant read about Chicago politics etc. Mike Royko's the best.

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