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Hardcover When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines Book

ISBN: 0593655907

ISBN13: 9780593655900

When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines

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From the pages of Vanity Fair to the red carpets of Hollywood, editor Graydon Carter's memoir revives the glamorous heyday of print magazines when they were at the vanguard of American culture

When Graydon Carter was offered the editorship of Vanity Fair in 1992, he knew he faced an uphill battle--how to make the esteemed and long-established magazine his own. Not only was he confronted with a staff that he perceived to...

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