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Washington Northwest
District of Columbia and Vicinity
WASHINGTON CONFIDENTIAL
Previously Published
by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer
- NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL
- CHICAGO CONFIDENTIAL
by Jack Lait
- HELP WANTED (a play)
- THE BIG HOUSE
- BROADWAY MELODY
- BEAST OF THE CITY
- PUT ON THE SPOT
- GANGSTER GIRL
- BEEF, IRON AND WINE (short stories)
- GUS THE BUS
- OUR WILL ROGERS
- WILL ROGERS’ WIT AND WISDOM
- A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL WRITING
by Lee Mortimer
- NEW YORK BEHIND THE SCENES
WASHINGTON
Confidential
BY JACK LAIT
AND
LEE MORTIMER
CROWN PUBLISHERS, INC.
NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY CROWN PUBLISHERS, INC.
Second Printing, February 1951
Printed in the United States of America
American Book—Knickerbocker Press, Inc., New York
| Introduction: WASHINGTON CONFIDENTIAL | ix | |
| Part One—THE PLACES (Confidential!) | ||
| 1. | DISTRICT OF CONFUSION Washington’s whys and wherefores, guaranteed to mystify, amaze and amuse. | 1 |
| 2. | “GORGEOUS” GEORGETOWN No relation to the wrestler, only sometimes he makes more sense than the rich big domes and fancy queers who reside in this made-to-order Greenwich Village. | 8 |
| 3. | NW COULD MEAN NOWHERE North West is the only section of Washington which counts. On the other hand, what is there in it you won’t find in Denver, Detroit or Dubuque, except the White House? | 12 |
| 4. | NOT-SO-TENDER TENDERLOIN Where the hustlers hustle. | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |