Down the Seine and Up the Potomac with Art Buchwald

New York, NY: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Very good/good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 500, [8] pages. Signed by author. DJ has some wear and soiling, with small tears and chips. Sticker residue on DJ flap. Signed on fep. Also includes a gift inscription NOT from author. Excerpts from a Kirkus review posted on-line: Approximately 25 years of Buchwald's follies are gathered in this omnibus collection which shows the humorist's wide-ranging concerns to fair advantage. For students of US foreign policy there's the instructive case of La Enchilada, a small but bellicose Latin American nation famous for its coups. Reformers of assorted stripes will appreciate Buchwald's suggestions for ""Upgrading Prison Requirements,"" and jaded parents might consider a proposal for ""Kid-Swapping in the United States."" Buchwald is just pondering the vicissitudes of living in 20th-century America. Take fresh air; these days it can make you queasy as he discovered on a trip to Alaska: ""Isn't there a diesel bus around here that I could breathe into for a couple of hours?"" And of course there are those little Buchwaldian asides on Washington politics. Of Watergate."" Arthur "Art" Buchwald (October 20, 1925 January 17, 2007) was an American humorist best known for his long-running column in The Washington Post, which in turn was carried as a syndicated column in many newspapers. His column focused on political satire and commentary. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Outstanding Commentary in 1982. While in Paris, Buchwald became the only correspondent to substantively interview Elvis Presley, both at the Prince de Galles Hotel, where the soon-to-be Sgt. Presley was staying during a week-end off from his Army stint in Germany. Presley's impromptu performances at the Le Lido piano, as well as his singing for the showgirls after most of the customers had left the nightclub, became legendary following its inclusion in Buchwald's bestselling book, I'll Always Have Paris. Buchwald returned to the United States in 1962 and was syndicated by Tribune Media Services. He published more than 30 books. He contributed fumetti to Marvel Comics' Crazy Magazine.