I Can Get It for You Wholesale [electronic resource] : A Novel
Cooke, Alistair2013
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New York Times–bestselling author: The classic comic story of a con man out to pull the job of a lifetime in New York’s Garment District. Just south of Times Square, more than six thousand manufacturers of dresses are crammed into the few blocks that make up Manhattan’s garment district. Their factories are cramped, noisy, and incredibly profitable—and Harry Bogen is going to take them for all they’re worth. A classic conniver, he knows that it’s easier, and a hell of a lot more fun, to turn a buck by lying than by telling the truth. First he convinces the shipping clerks—the pack animals of the garment industry—to go on strike. With the dress manufacturers brought to their knees, Harry will be there to pick them up again. His conscience might be conflicted, if he had one in the first place. A bracing comic sensation when first published, I Can Get It for You Wholesale remains a timeless masterpiece—its hero still a scoundrel, and his charm as irresistible as ever. This ebook features a foreword by Alistair Cooke.
Main title:
I Can Get It for You Wholesale [electronic resource] : A Novel / Alistair Cooke
Author:
Cooke, Alistair, Author of introduction, etcWeidman, Jerome, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Open Road Media, 2013
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Harry Bogen
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
<DIV>Alistair Cooke, KBE (1908–2004), was a legendary British American journalist, television host, and radio broadcaster. He was born in Lancashire, England, and after graduating from the University of Cambridge, was hired as a journalist for the BBC. He rose to prominence for his London Letter reports, broadcast on NBC Radio in America during the 1930s. Cooke immigrated to the United States in 1937. In 1946, he began a tradition that would last nearly six decades—his Letter from America radio appearances on the BBC. Cooke was also beloved as the host of PBS’s Masterpiece Theatre for twenty-one years. He wrote many books, both collections of his Letters from America and other projects. After his death, the Fulbright Alistair Cooke Award in Journalism was established to support students from the United Kingdom seeking to study in the United States, and vice versa. </DIV>
ISBN:
9781480410701
Language:
English
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2794509
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