The Fleas Come With The Dog

by Ralph McGill

THE FLEAS COME WITH THE DOG -- A Famous Newspaper Editor Takes a Look at People, Places and Things in General

Genres: Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published September 12, 2007

About the author

From Wikipedia: Ralph Emerson McGill (February 5, 1898 – February 3, 1969) was an American journalist, best known as an anti-segregationist editor and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper. He was a member of the Peabody Awards Board of Jurors, serving from 1945 to 1968. He won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1959.

McGill was born February 5, 1898, near Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee. He attended school at The McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. After high school, he attended Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, but did not graduate because he was suspended his senior year for writing an article in the student newspaper critical of the school's administration. McGill served in the Marine Corps during World War

Reviews

[Alonzo Church]

A collection of florid newspaper columns that say very little. Imagine the most irritating both sides editorial piece from your favorite establishment newspaper and you’ve got the style. Ralph McGill was a great and courageous man. I’d rather have read H.L. Mencken.

[Catherine Mustread]

Thoughtful and sometimes humorous essays/editorials about life in the south in the 1950s from a strong supporter of integration.