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The Pat Hobby stories, by F. Scott Fitzgerald ; with an introduction by Arnold Gingrich

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Contributor
Summary
Seventeen stories, among the last work Fitzgerald produced, presenting episodes in the life of a Hollywood scenario hack in the late 1930's.
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xxiii, 159, 6 pages
Note
  • First edition of 8000 copies
  • Introduction by Arnold Gingrich, publisher of "Esquire", in which the stories appeared from January 1940 to May 1941
Contents
  • Pat Hobby's Christmas wish
  • A man in the way
  • "Boil some water, lots of it"
  • Teamed with genius
  • Pat Hobby and Orson Welles
  • Pat Hobby's secret
  • Pat Hobby, putative father
  • The homes of the stars
  • Pat Hobby does his bit
  • Pat Hobby's preview
  • No harm trying
  • A patriotic short
  • On the trail of Pat Hobby
  • Fun in an artist's studio
  • Two old-timers
  • Mightier than the sword
  • Pat Hobby's college days
Instance
Label
The Pat Hobby stories
Title
The Pat Hobby stories
Statement of responsibility
by F. Scott Fitzgerald ; with an introduction by Arnold Gingrich
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Seventeen stories, among the last work Fitzgerald produced, presenting episodes in the life of a Hollywood scenario hack in the late 1930's.
Additional physical form
Also issued online.
Cataloging source
DLC
Citation location within source
A23.I.a
Citation source
Bruccoli, M.J. Fitzgerald
Dewey number
813.5
Index
no index present
LC call number
  • PZ3.F5754
  • PS3511.I9
LC item number
Pat
Literary form
fiction
Summary expansion
Written while Fitzgerald was working on The last tycoon, they are classic tales of insider Hollywood
Label
The Pat Hobby stories, by F. Scott Fitzgerald ; with an introduction by Arnold Gingrich
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • First edition of 8000 copies
  • Introduction by Arnold Gingrich, publisher of "Esquire", in which the stories appeared from January 1940 to May 1941
Contents
Pat Hobby's Christmas wish -- A man in the way -- "Boil some water, lots of it" -- Teamed with genius -- Pat Hobby and Orson Welles -- Pat Hobby's secret -- Pat Hobby, putative father -- The homes of the stars -- Pat Hobby does his bit -- Pat Hobby's preview -- No harm trying -- A patriotic short -- On the trail of Pat Hobby -- Fun in an artist's studio -- Two old-timers -- Mightier than the sword -- Pat Hobby's college days
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
xxiii, 159, 6 pages
Lccn
62016655
Note
Spec. Coll. copy: blue cloth boards; spine lettered and decorated in gilt; illustrated dust jacket printed in blue, green, and black. Purchase, Triolet Rare Books, 2013.
System control number
  • (OCoLC)00284456
  • ucoclc284456
Label
The Pat Hobby stories, by F. Scott Fitzgerald ; with an introduction by Arnold Gingrich
Publication
Note
  • First edition of 8000 copies
  • Introduction by Arnold Gingrich, publisher of "Esquire", in which the stories appeared from January 1940 to May 1941
Contents
Pat Hobby's Christmas wish -- A man in the way -- "Boil some water, lots of it" -- Teamed with genius -- Pat Hobby and Orson Welles -- Pat Hobby's secret -- Pat Hobby, putative father -- The homes of the stars -- Pat Hobby does his bit -- Pat Hobby's preview -- No harm trying -- A patriotic short -- On the trail of Pat Hobby -- Fun in an artist's studio -- Two old-timers -- Mightier than the sword -- Pat Hobby's college days
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
xxiii, 159, 6 pages
Lccn
62016655
Note
Spec. Coll. copy: blue cloth boards; spine lettered and decorated in gilt; illustrated dust jacket printed in blue, green, and black. Purchase, Triolet Rare Books, 2013.
System control number
  • (OCoLC)00284456
  • ucoclc284456

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