Description

Shaw Press [Published Date: 1938]. Hardcover, 152 pp. Stated First Printing, October, 1938. Inscribed (Personalized) and signed by Author on front free end paper. Good/ NO dust jacket. Orange cloth covered boards with black lettering on front and spine. Light nicking to cloth and corner tips of covers and light overall scuffing and soiling to covers as well. Front end paper is slit along seam between endpaper and pastedown but binding is still tight. Pages are lightly aged but otherwise unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. George Cecil Cowing (1888- 1960) was a journalist and author who wrote a daily column for the Pasadena Star-News under the name of The Boulevardier. He was born in Fergus Falls, Minnesota and moved to Pasadena, California in 1917. He worked for the Pasadena Star-News as a columnist for 33 years, from 1920 to 1953. Cowing also wrote for several other magazines, including The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and the Saturday Evening Post. His work was often humorous and satirical, and he was known for his keen observations of human nature. "This Side of Hollywood" is a collection of essays and short stories about life in Pasadena in the 1930s. They present an insightful and humorous glimpse of the sometimes strained relationship between Pasadena and Hollywood at the beginning of the film industry. Cowing's essays and short stories offer a unique perspective on the rivalry between these two neighboring cities, as well as the cultural and economic changes that were taking place in Los Angeles at the time.