John Bartlow Martin: A Voice for the Underdog

by Ray E Boomhower

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During the 1940s and 1950s, one name, John Bartlow Martin, dominated the pages of the "big slicks," the Saturday Evening Post, LIFE, Harper's, Look, and Collier's. A former reporter for the Indianapolis Times, Martin was one of a handful of freelance writers able to survive solely on this writing. Over a career that spanned nearly fifty years, his peers lauded him as "the best living reporter," the "ablest crime reporter in America," and "one of America's premier seekers of fact." His deep and abiding concern for the working class, perhaps a result of his upbringing, set him apart from...

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  • ISBN10 0253016185
  • ISBN13 9780253016188
  • Publish Date 18 March 2015
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 10 April 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Indiana University Press
  • Format eBook (EPUB)
  • Pages 408
  • Language English