[Signed] [First Edition] A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ROGER ANGELL [Signed] Angell

Octavo, 153 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Tan pictorial spine with black titling. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar cover, price uncut "$5.95", has age toning to edges and light smudge marks to rear cover. Boards have light shelf wear. Textblock has light general shelving wear. Inscribed "For Susan & Neil with all best wishes" dated "Nov. 1970" and signed by Roger Angell on the front fly leaf. Shelved in Room A. Second Story Books is honored to offer this item from the personal collection of Neil and Susan Sheehan. Neil Sheehan (1936-2021) and Susan Sheehan (born 1937) were a distinguished husband-and-wife team whose careers helped define American literary journalism in the second half of the twentieth century. Neil Sheehan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times, is best known for his role in bringing the Pentagon Papers to public attention and for his landmark book "A Bright Shining Lie", while Susan Sheehan built a parallel reputation as a leading voice at The New Yorker, crafting deeply reported narrative nonfiction on subjects ranging from mental health to social institutions, earning her own Pulitzer Prize in 1983. Their longstanding ties to major publications, particularly The New Yorker, placed them at the center of an influential cultural and intellectual network, and the books from their library carry added provenance through this close connection to the magazine's editorial and artistic community. Roger Angell (1920-2022) was an American essayist widely regarded as one of the greatest baseball writers of all time. He was a regular contributor to The New Yorker and was its chief fiction editor from 1956-2020. 1412678. Special Collections - Upstairs.

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