Alexander Woolcott: his Life and his Times

By Samuel Hopkins Adams

Published by: Unknown (1947)

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Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943) was an American theatre critic and society commentator. He wrote for The New York Times and The New Yorker and reviewed books on CBS Radio. He was known for his acerbic wit and vitriolic reviews and is one of the most quoted Americans of his generation (“I’m tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn’t work. Of course it doesn’t work. We are supposed to work it.” “The English have an extraordinary ability for flying into a great calm.”). Samuel Hopkins Adams (1871-1958) was an American investigative journalist best known for exposing public health injustices in the United States. Adams was also a prolific writer of fiction some published under a pseudonym because of its risqué content.