Irresponsible Freaks, Highball Guzzlers and Unabashed Grafters - A Bob Edwards Chrestomathy (Paperback)

Bob Edwards, the Great White North's equivalent to H. L. Mencken, remains a singular figure in Canadian journalism. His newspapers, published in Wetaskiwin, Leduc, High River, Strathcona, Winnipeg, Port Arthur, and most famously Calgary, skewered politics, society, and business leaders with a fearlessness and outrageousness rarely seen then, now, or in between.As editor James Martin points out in his illuminating introduction, Bob Edwards seems more modern the farther back in history he recedes; he was the granddaddy of Gonzo Journalism a la Hunter S. Thompson, a freewheeling cultural critic in the spirit of Lester Bangs, a pioneer of satirical reform as evidenced in "Frank "magazine, and a spoofer of the po-faced reporting of his day in precisely the same way that "The Onion" is now."Irresponsible Freaks, Highball Guzzlers and Unabashed Grafters" features mountains of Edwards's superb aphorisms, a generous helping of his longer and lesser-known works, and some choice items which have never before seen print, as well as miraculous archival discoveries and many cartoons from Edwards's celebrated "Eye Opener." It is a welcome addition to the Bob Edwards canon for those who thought they knew everything about him, and an eye-opening introduction to the uninitiated: "He was writing this stuff a hundred years ago "

General

Imprint:	Brindle and Glass Publishing, Ltd
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	September 2005
Authors:	Bob Edwards
Editors:	James Martin
Introduction by:	Allan Fotheringham
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-9732481-5-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	0-9732481-5-7
Barcode:	9780973248159

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