Books and articles about Paul Gallico

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Gallico was the highest-paid sports editor in the country in the 1930s, earning $25,000 a year for the New York Daily News from 1923 to 1936. Then he asked for a $70-a-week city-desk job, which enabled him to turn to free-lance writing. He authored 41 books. As a columnist, he fought one round with Jack Dempsey and tried to catch Dizzy Dean's curveball so he could tell his readers what it was like. Gallico created the Golden Gloves boxing tournament. (NLM)