Isaac Frederick Marcosson
Encyclopedia
Isaac Frederick Marcosson (1877-1961) was an American
editor, born at Louisville, Kentucky
, and educated in the schools of Louisville.
In 1903, he became associate editor of The World's Work
, and in 1907, he became a member of and financial editor of The Saturday Evening Post
. From 1910 to 1913, he was editor of Munsey's Magazine
.
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editor, born at Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
, and educated in the schools of Louisville.
In 1903, he became associate editor of The World's Work
World's Work
World's Work was a monthly magazine which celebrated the American way of life and its expanded role on the world stage. In 1932 it was purchased by and merged into the journal Review of Reviews. It was founded in 1900 and edited by Walter Hines Page until 1913 when his son Arthur W...
, and in 1907, he became a member of and financial editor of The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post
The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1969, and quarterly and then bimonthly from 1971.-History:...
. From 1910 to 1913, he was editor of Munsey's Magazine
Munsey's Magazine
Munsey's Weekly, later known as Munsey's Magazine was a thirty-six page quarto magazine founded by Frank A. Munsey in 1889. Munsey aimed at "a magazine of the people and for the people, with pictures and art and good cheer and human interest throughout". John Kendrick Bangs was the editor. The...
.
Works
- The War After the War, (1916)
- The Rebirth of Russia, (1917)
- The Business of War, (1917)
- Adventures in Interviewing, (1919)
- An African Adventure, (1921)
- Turbulent Years, (1938)
- with Daniel Frohman, Charles Frohman, Manager and Man, (1917)