Joys of jewish humor

HENRY D. SPALDING

Publisher: Jonathan David Publishers, Inc.

Summary

In thirty-two entertaining chapters, humorist and master storyteller Henry D. Spalding introduces us to a wide range of colorful characters from the Jewish past and present.

Henry D. Spalding, a native of New York City, was a reporter for the New York Mirror and the Journal. While a member of the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., he was an accredited White House correspondent.

In the 1950s he moved to Los Angeles, where he was active as editor and publisher of Deejay, Disc, and Top Ten--all music magazines--as well as of Talent News, a show-business trade journal.

Mr. Spalding is also the author of  Encyclopedia of Jewish Humor, Encyclopedia of  Black Folklore and HumorJoys of Irish Humor, and Joys of Italian Humor, all of which have established him as one of the leading experts on ethnic humor.

Available since: 07/02/2015.

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