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Title: The worlds of Robert E. Sherwood: Mirror to his times, 1896-1939 by John Mason Brown ISBN: 0-313-20937-5 Publisher: Greenwood Press Pub. Date: 1979 Format: Unknown Binding

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: A Mirror to his times
Comment: When Robert E. Sherwood died, in 1955, his fame was almost mythical: a Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist whose ROOSEVELT AND HOPKINS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY won his a fourth Pulitzer Prise; FDR's speechwriter and intimate advisor; Overseas Director of the OWI. We first meet Sherwood in the midst of his gifted, gay and delightful family. Later, after service in the Canadian Black Watch during World War I, he came to New York, worked on VANITY FAIR with Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker and was a member of the Algonquin's Round Table. He went on to prove himself an outstanding dramatist with REUNION IN VIENNA and ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS, among other plays.

This is, as John Gunther says, "A brilliantly readable and rewarding book. It is not merely a biography of the fabulous Sherwood, but of the fabulous times he lived in. Beautifully written, lucid, witty, and a thoroughly good job."

Rating: 4
Summary: The Worlds of Robert E. Sherwood: Mirror to His Times
Comment: When Robert E. Sherwood died, in 1955, his fame was almost mythical: a Pulitzer Prize-winning dramatist whose ROOSEVELT AND HOPKINS: AN INTIMATE HISTORY won his a fourth Pulitzer Prise; FDR's speechwriter and intimate advisor; Overseas Director of the OWI. We first meet Sherwood in the midst of his gifted, gay and delightful family. Later, after service in the Canadian Black Watch during World War I, he came to New York, worked on VANITY FAIR with Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker and was a member of the Algonquin's Round Table. He went on to prove himself an outstanding dramatist with REUNION IN VIENNA and ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS, among other plays.