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Paul Gallico
Paul William Gallico was born in New York City, the son of an Italian father and an Austria mother who had emigrated to New York in 1895. He graduated from Columbia University in 1919 and became a a sportswriter, sports columnist, and sports editor of the New York Daily News in the 1920s. He became a national celebrity and one of the highest-paid sportswriters in America. In the late 1930s he abandoned sports writing for fiction and found success writing short stories for magazines such as the The Saturday Evening Post. Many of his novels, including The Snow Goose (which won the O. Henry prize for short stories in 1941), are expanded versions of his magazine stories. Over the course of his career, he wrote 41 books and numerous short stories, twenty theatrical movies, twelve TV movies, and had a TV series based on his Hiram Holliday short stories.
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Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
Paul Gallico, 1958
5 ratings
§ About Paul Gallico's books
- Books on SansFiction
- 1
- Published
- 1958
- Genres
- Adventure
The book: Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris (1958)
Mrs. 'Arris is a middle aged widow, a hardworking London charwoman who after seeing a Christian Dior designer dress in the closet of one of her employers, sets her hearts desire on acquiring a Dior dress of her own.
Common questions about Paul Gallico
- Who is Paul Gallico?
- Paul William Gallico was born in New York City, the son of an Italian father and an Austria mother who had emigrated to New York in 1895. He graduated from Columbia University in 1919 and became a a sportswriter, sports columnist, and sports editor of the New York Daily News in the 1920s. He became a national celebrity and one of the highest-paid sportswriters in America.
- What is Paul Gallico best known for?
- Paul Gallico is best known for Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris, published in 1958 with 5 ratings and a 4.2 average. It is the most-rated of Paul Gallico's books on SansFiction.
- What genres does Paul Gallico write?
- Paul Gallico's books on SansFiction are tagged Adventure.
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