"This collection of pieces is both a memoir of Philip Hamburger's writing life and a record of the world he has lived in.". "Hamburger first went to work for The New Yorker in 1939. He has wandered all over its pages as Our Man Stanley or Reporter at Large, doing Talk of the Town, Casuals, and Notes & Comment, writing Profiles, and more. And he has wandered all over the map, unearthing the secret souls of some fifty-five American towns and cities (from Hot Springs, Arkansas, to Butte, Montana) and bearing witness to the horrors of war and fascism (from Mussolini's bloody corpse hanging upside down in a Milan public square, to the hungry, hollow-eyed marchers bearing pro-Tito posters through the wrecked streets of Belgrade after the war).". "An old-fashioned liberal, Hamburger strikes for the heart of whatever subject he approaches - whether it's the famous (Truman, Toscanini, Evita Peron, Eleanor Roosevelt, Vartan Gregorian) or the unsung hero (a waiter who single-handedly sold four million dollars' worth of war bonds). Hitler's aerie in Berchtesgaden is as fascinating to him as the twisting ramps of Macy's package delivery tunnels."--BOOK JACKET.