The Life and Legend of Gene Fowler by H Allen Smith

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good. 1977. William Morrow. 1st Edition. Illustrated.

Dust jacket protected in Mylar Sleeve.

Allen Smith's The Life and Legend of Gene Fowler is a rollicking, larger-than-life biography celebrating Gene Fowler, a Denver journalist, Hollywood writer, and bon vivant, portraying him as the quintessential irreverent newspaperman of the roaring twenties, full of tall tales, hard drinking, and colorful exploits with figures like Buffalo Bill and Queen Marie, all told in Fowler's own tall-tale, "nothing sacred" style, blending fact with fiction for a humorous, yet candid, look at a legendary character