Abridged and edited for the modern reader and available in
paperback for the first time ever, this second edition brings back
into print a classic autobiography of Middle America--an immensely
readable document that enriches our understanding of Progressivism
and politics, journalism, and the social history of small-town
America from Reconstruction into the Roaring Twenties.
At the time of his death in 1944, William Allen White, editor of
the Emporia Gazette, was a national celebrity, proclaimed one of
the truly great Americans of his age. Life magazine called him "a
living symbol of small-town simplicity and kindliness and common
sense."
During his career White had managed to expand his circle of
influence far beyond Emporia Kansas to include most of the nation.
By the end of his life he had become a nationally acclaimed
journalist and author of biographies, novels, and short stories. He
was also widely known for his shrewd commentary on contemporary
events in the national media. An influential Republican political
leader, he founded the Progressive party and was a longtime
advocate of social reform and individual rights. But what endeared
him most to his contemporaries was that, in spite of national fame,
he remained first and foremost a small-town newspaperman.
First published posthumously in 1946, White's Autobiography was
immediately hailed as a classic portrait, not simply of White
himself, but of the men and women who transformed America from an
agrarian society to a powerful industrial nation in the years
before World War I. A bestselling Book-of-the-Month Club selection,
the Autobiography was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1947.
This new edition, edited to eliminate repetitions and
digressions, features an introduction by Sally Foreman Griffith,
author of a recent biography of White. Griffith explores the
background of the Autobiography and illuminates its place in the
development of the autobiographical genre.
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