I Cover the Waterfront
by Max Miller
October 2003 | $12.00 | Paperback | ISBN: 978-1-56980-263-2
"I have already read it three times. I maintain that if it were translated from the French or the Russian, we would be calling it a masterpiece."—William McPhee, critic
Max Miller was a lonely reporter on the waterfront beat for six years when he first typed, "I have been here so long that even the seagulls must recognize me." That was more than seventy years ago, and while the country was in the depths of the Depression, I Cover the Waterfront made a quiet initial appearance. Neither the twenty-eight-year-old author nor his publisher expected much from a series of simple, strung-together, real-life tales. But there was something about Miller's writing that created a kind of magic. It went on to sell millions of copies.
Max Miller
Max Miller (1899-1967) was born in Traverse City, Michigan. After attending the University of Washington-Seattle, Miller took a job as San Diego's waterfront reporter. He soon published his best-selling book, I Cover the Waterfront, and continued to publish a book annually through the Korean War.
