City Boys: Cagney, Bogart, Garfield

by Robert Sklar

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Often presented as a gangster, newspaper reporter, or private eye, the "city boy" seemed the quintessential product of urban America, although he was more a model for his audience than a mirror of social actuality. While blending the stories of the professional and political lives of Cagney, Bogart, and Garfield into one fascinating narrative, Robert Sklar probes the cultural forces that produced this vivid cultural icon and examines its power over...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691047952

ISBN13:9780691047959

Release Date:May 1992

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:332 Pages

Weight:1.60 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"

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