How to Read a Newspaper [with related ephemera]

Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company. Very Good. (c.1941). First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket, probably as issued) [moderate wear and light bumping to most corners]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles, comic strips) A "textbook on democracy's textbook," this volume, designed for "student news-readers -- architects of an American future," attempts to show "how the average reader-citizen can understand and use the newspaper, and how eventually he [he!] can bring about in it a growth that will make easier his own and America's growth. Naturally this book presents the mechanics of reading a newspaper, but the principal stress is on interpreting and evaluating newspapers." Every aspect of the creation, production and reception of newspapers is covered, with special sections on: Photography in the News; Comic Strips and Cartoons; Columnists; and The Newspaper as Critic. Laid in are two related items: (1) a letter from the publisher to the book's original recipient, an editor at the Pasadena (Calif.) Post, stating the letter-writer's hope that "you, as a newspaper man, would be particularly interested in seeing this new angle on guiding high school students to read the newspaper with greater understanding and intelligence"; and (2) a promotional sheet/order form. ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this modeately heavy book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order.**** .