College, Girls and Working

Then - An Oral Memoir of a Writer's Life

Novelist Warren Adler discovers his passion for writing as he supports himself and navigates the larger world of girls, college, job hunting and journalism. He is inspired by his college english literature professor who was his major influence to convincing him to pursue his dream of being a writer. Teenagers like him were in demand in the odd job market and he tells of his many jobs. But after graduation from college the soldiers were coming and the job market tightened but he got lucky and scored a job as copy boy at the New York Daily News an adventure with enormous impact on his life.