New Yorker Overseas Editions

  The two paperback books above were part of a series produced for our overseas service men and women during WWII.  Measuring just five-and-half  by four inches, they fit easily into a pocket, duffel bag or backpack.   The eagle-eyed observer will notice that Profiles From the New Yorker features E.B. White’s only New Yorker cover (published April 23, 1932).

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New Book: The Story of Charlotte’s Web; Bob Mankoff on The Secret Science of Cartooning

From StarNewsOnline, the blog Bookmarks, July 2, 2011:  “The Story Behind ‘Charlotte’s Web’” — this review of a new book by Michael Sims, The Story of Charlotte’s Web: E.B.White’s Eccentric Life in Nature and the birth of an American Classic (Walker & Co., June 2011).  [ The cover of the book can be found at  Barnes and Noble.com;  Amazon.com provides

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