Arnold Gingrich
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Arnold Gingrich (December 5, 1903 – July 9, 1976) was the founder, along with David A. Smart, and editor of the Esquire (magazine). He created the magazine in 1933 and remained its editor until 1961. [1]
Gingrich was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1903. He published such authors as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, John Steinbeck, Thomas Wolfe, John Dos Passos, Garry Wills, Truman Capote, and Norman Mailer. He was also one of the few magazine editors to publish F. Scott Fitzgerald regularly in the late 1930s, including Fitzgerald's The Pat Hobby Stories.[2] Gingrich also published stories by Jack Woodford, whom he befriended when they worked together at an advertising agency in the 1920s. He wrote the introduction to Woodford's famous book on writing and publishing Trial and Error.
The magazine’s name Esquire was selected after Gingrich received a letter that was addressed to "Arnold Gingrich, Esq." The magazine he created set the template for future men's magazines; for example, Playboy, a variation, namely Esquire with nude photographs.
His autobiography, Toys Of A Lifetime, with illustrations by Leslie Saalburg, was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1966. It has long been out of print. In it, he recounts his experience with cars (he owned several notable Bentleys), transatlantic liners (including the Normandie), French hotels, pipes and tobacco, clothes and all manner of other possessions and accommodations.
He died in 1976 in Ridgewood, New Jersey.
[edit] Contributions to Angling Literature
Gingrich was an avid fly fisherman and contributed much to the literature of the sport.
- Gingrich, Arnold (1965). The Well Tempered Angler. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. More a reflection on the fishing life than a how-to manual, though it does contain practical advice on light tackle fly fishing, and a useful bibliography.[3].
- The Theodore Gordon Flyfishers (1996). in Arnold Gingrich (ed): American Trout Fishing. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. American Trout Fishing is the trade press edition of the Gordon Garland, a compilation of stories and history about American Trout fishing and is dedicated to Theodore Gordon. Noted fly fishing authors--Lee Wulff, Roderick Haig Brown, Ernie Schwiebert, Dana Lamb, Joe Brooks and many other contributed to this work[4], [5].
- Gingrich, Arnold (1973). The Joys of Trout. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0517505843. Listed as one of the modern "classics" of angling in the University of New Hampshire Library Milne Angling Collection[6]
- Gingrich, Arnold (1974). The Fishing In Print-A Guided Tour Through Five Centuries of Angling Literature. New York: Winchester Press. In The Fishing In Print, Gingrich surveys the major pieces of classic and modern fly fishing literature up through the 1950s. It is an excellent read to get a better understanding of the evolution of the various styles of fly fishing--wet, nymphs, dry, etc as originally written about by the likes of Halford, Skues, Gordon and Jennings along with many others.
[edit] References
- ^ "Arnold Gingrich, 72, Dead; Was a Founder of Esquire", New York Times, July 10, 1976, Saturday. Retrieved on 2007-07-21. "Arnold Gingrich, one of the founders of Esquire magazine in 1933 and its principal guiding light in most of the years since then, died of cancer yesterday at his home in Ridgewood, New Jersey, Mr. Gingrich, who was given the title of founding editor earlier this year, was 72 years old."
- ^ Paul Greenberg. "Fitzgerald vs. Hollywood", The New York Times, 2008-02-10. Retrieved on 2008-02-09.
- ^ Johnson, George, New & Noteworthy, October 4th, 1987, New York Times Book Review, [1]
- ^ Serviente, Barry (1996). Angler's Art Catalog. Plainfield, PA: The Anglers Art, 95-96.
- ^ Gingrich, Arnold (1974). The Fishing In Print-A Guided Tour Through Five Centuries of Angling Literature. New York: Winchester Press, 317-18.
- ^ University of New Hampshire Library, Milne Angling Collection Selected Highlights, [2]
