More interesting people

Robert J. Casey was a well-known Chicago newspaperman from 1920 through 1947. He eventually became a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News. This volume continues his memoir of the newspaper business before the Second World War.The first volume was called Such Interesting People. Both are entertaining portraits of important reporters and editors Casey worked with. This one also addresses some the celebrities and fads of the period. One interesting chapter deals with what we would now call urban legends. Apparently, back in the 1940s someone got the idea that if you saved the red plastic openers from packs of cigarettes--those things that you pull to tear the plastic--it would somehow finance the training of a seeing eye dog! If you enjoy the Stanley Walker's City Editor or Mencken's Newspaper Days you will enjoy this book and its predecessor. Per the New York Times, Casey wrote a total of 35 books before he died in 1962.