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Talking about Josephine Herbst, with Elinor Langer

BROADCAST: Sep. 12, 1984 | DURATION: 00:49:14

Synopsis

The author and professor discusses her biography - Josephine Herbst: The Story She Could Never Tell - about the journalist and novelist who covered the Great Depression and The Spanish Civil War, and wrote proletarian novels on life in the 1920s and 1930s.

*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations
 

Details

Broadcast Date
Sep. 12, 1984

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 53.12 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
49 minutes, 14 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

Journalism & Broadcasting

People

Authors, Writers

Tags

Langer, Elinor Josephine Herbst Biographers Audiotapes. Radio programs. WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Mencken, H.L. Hemingway, Ernest Anderson, Maxwell

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