15 Facts About Burton Rascoe

Arthur Burton Rascoe, was an American journalist, editor and literary critic of the New York Herald Tribune.

Burton Rascoe was born in Fulton, Kentucky to Matthew L Rascoe and Elizabeth Burton Rascoe.

Burton Rascoe's father chose to investigate business prospect in Oklahoma Territory, and the family eventually settled in Shawnee, Oklahoma, which, despite fears planted by friends in Fulton, was a thriving community.

Housing had not kept up with the influx of citizens and the Rascoe family was left to small dismal accommodations, something Mrs Rascoe never overcame.

Burton Rascoe grabbed at every opportunity to find work and educate himself outside the school system.

Burton Rascoe began a paper route for the Shawnee Herald but soon put himself in charge of all the other newsboys.

Burton Rascoe worked as assistant librarian at the town's Carnegie Library, was a ghost writer for citizens who were called on to make speeches or publish articles, a stringer for the Oklahoma City Times and writing articles for the Herald, all this while attending classes.

Burton Rascoe's father continued to struggle supporting his family and by 16 Burton was supporting himself.

Burton Rascoe continued in that position until a merger turned the paper into the New York Herald Tribune in 1924.

Burton Rascoe's syndicated column, The Daybook of a New Yorker, appeared in over 400 newspapers.

Burton Rascoe served as editor before departing in April 1928 in a disagreement with Collins over the direction of the magazine.

Burton Rascoe continued to hold high-profile editorial jobs in the field of literary criticism and to write books of his own about literature and authors.

Burton Rascoe authored Before I Forget, an autobiography of sorts revealing much of his upbringing in Oklahoma.

Burton Rascoe was a literary critic and was a syndicated columnist throughout his career.

Burton Rascoe died of heart failure in New York City on March 19,1957.