Esquire Magazine June 1983 How We Lived 1933–1983 50th Anniversary Issue


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The magazine is in acceptable / reader condition. It shows significant wear which may include cover creases, small tears, writing, such as spine stress or light marks. The binding is intact and all pages are legible. The photos show the exact item you will receive. Please review all pictures for full condition details. Combined shipping is available. Each issue ships in a protective plastic sleeve.


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TABLE OF CONTENTS


BACKSTAGE

Backstage Esquire From the Beginning ........................................ 13
Dedication Arnold Gingrich by Gay Talese ................................. 18
Prologue Life in the Last Fifty Years by Ronald Steel ............... 23

The Thirties

The Depression Years Living with Hard Times by John Steinbeck .... 27
The Age of FDR Ladies and Gentlemen, the Savior of the United States
by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ......................................................... 36
Swing Time Stomping the Blues Away by George Frazier ............. 38
Thirties Romance Wanted: A New Modern Man by Helen Lawrenson .... 42
Thirties Romance: Ah Men, Ah Women Cartoons ....................... 52
The Literary Life Coming to Terms with Scott and Ernest
by Arnold Gingrich ........................................................................ 54
Fashion of the Thirties A Dapper Prince Sets the Style .............. 66

The Forties

War and Peace Echoes of Distant Battle by William Styron .......... 71
Carrier War The Last Great Air Battle by Peter Maas ................. 78
Unsung Heroes The Seeds of Black Revolution by Sinclair Lewis .... 84
Morale Building In and Out of the Army Cartoons ..................... 86
The Loyalty Question The Victimization of Tokyo Rose
by Diane Arbus ............................................................................... 88
Forties Rhythms The Birth of Bebop by Ralph Ellison ................. 92
Pastimes Good Old Country Hardball by Tom Wicker ................. 96
Fashion of the Forties Cinch’s Choice ....................................... 104
The Urban Exodus Moving Out by John Cheever ......................... 107

The Fifties

The Eisenhower Era America in a Trance by Frank Conroy .......... 115
1952 Election The Checker’s Speech by Garry Wills ................... 122
Red Scare The Trial of Arthur Miller by John Steinbeck ............ 134
McCarthyism The Frivolous Demagogue by Richard H. Rovere .... 138
Expatriates Looking for Hemingway by Gay Talese ................... 151
Hipsters The Philosophy of the Beats by Cullen Holmes ........... 158
Lotus Land Star Gazing by Helen Lawrenson ............................. 170
Slang As We Used to Say in the ’50s by Howard Junker ............ 179
Teen-Agers The Adoration of Frankie, Ricky, and Kookie
by Thomas B. Morgan ................................................................. 184
Fashion of the Fifties Hip vs. Square ........................................ 192

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