Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1959. Fifth Printing. 313, ink notation & slight foxing inside front flyleaf, DJ foxed: small tears, small pieces missingForeword by Carl Sandburg. Reminiscences of Jewish life on New York's Lower East Side. More

Cleveland, OH: The World Publishing Company, 1964. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. 319, [1] pages. Frontis illustration. Appendix. Bibliography. Index, DJ somewhat soiled and stained and some edge tears and wear. Harry Lewis Golden (May 6, 1902 – October 2, 1981) was an American writer and newspaper publisher. In 1941, he moved to Charlotte, where, as a reporter for the Charlotte Labor Journal and The Charlotte Observer, he wrote about and spoke out against racial segregation and the Jim Crow laws of the time. From 1942 to 1968, Golden published The Carolina Israelite as a forum, not just for his political views but also observations and reminiscences of his boyhood in New York's Lower East Side. He traveled widely: in 1960 to speak to Jews in West Germany and again to cover the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann in Israel for Life. He is referenced in the lyrics to Phil Ochs' song, "Love Me, I'm a Liberal": "You know, I've memorized Lerner and Golden." His satirical "The Vertical Negro Plan," involved removing the chairs from any to-be-integrated building, since Southern whites did not mind standing with blacks such as at bank tellers' windows, only sitting with them. Golden reportedly convinced a southern department store manager to put an "Out of Order" sign by the water fountain marked White; within three weeks all were drinking from the Colored-designated drinking fountain. Calvin Trillin devised the Harry Golden Rule, which states that "in present-day America it's very difficult, when commenting on events of the day, to invent something so bizarre that it might not actually come to pass while your piece is still on the presses." More

New York, N.Y. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. 314, [4] pages. DJ has wear, tears, soiling and chips; Includes Author's note, and short stories on While God Laughs; Swimming in the Ghetto; The Three Myths; Civil Rights and the Terror of the Deep; Language, the Library, and the Lost Vegetable Garden; National Soap Opera; The Agony of Lyndon B. Johnson; Yiddish Humor; Duet on Fifth Avenue; and More Complaints and Free Advice. The material in this book was from issues of the Carolina Israelite in 1962 through 1968. Harry Lewis Golden (May 6, 1902 – October 2, 1981) was an American writer and newspaper publisher. In 1941, he as a reporter for The Charlotte Observer, he wrote about and spoke out against racial segregation and the Jim Crow laws. From 1942 to 1968, Golden published The Carolina Israelite as a forum, not just for his political views but also observations and reminiscences of his boyhood in New York's Lower East Side. He traveled in 1960 to speak to Jews in West Germany and again to cover the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann in Israel for Life. Golden reportedly convinced a southern department store manager to put an "Out of Order" sign by the water fountain marked White; within three weeks all were drinking from the Colored-designated drinking fountain. Calvin Trillin devised the Harry Golden Rule, which states that "in present-day America it's very difficult, when commenting on events of the day, to invent something so bizarre that it might not actually come to pass while your piece is still on the presses." His books include three collections of essays from the Israelite and a biography of his friend, poet Carl Sandburg. More