Frank Brookhouser

Frank Brookhouser (1912—1975) was an American journalist and writer.

He was born to Walter L. and Miriam Fischer Brookhouser in Ford City, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Ford City High School and Temple University in Philadelphia. In 1939 he married Helen E. Hanway. He served in the U. S. Army for three years during World War II.

Brookhouser began his career in journalism as an editor (1932-1935) for his hometown paper, the "Ford City News". He became sports editor (1935-1936) at the "Monongahela Daily Republican" in Monongahela, Pennsylvania, then landed a beat reporting job in Philadelphia in 1936 at the "Philadelphia Evening Bulletin". "The Philadelphia Inquirer" hired him in 1939, where he became a popular columnist. He moved his column, "A Man about Town", back to the "Philadelphia Evening Bulletin" in 1953 for the remainder of his journalism career. In the 1950s he also did weekly television show and a daily evening radio show.

As well as journalism, Brookhouser published hundreds of short stories and one novel.

Works

* "Request for Sherwood Anderson", short stories (Denver: Alan Swallow, 1947)
* "She Made the Big Town", short stories (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1952)
* "Now I Lay Me Down", novel (Denver: Alan Swallow, 1955)
* "Our Philadelphia: A Candid and Colorful Portrait of a Great City", newspaper columns (Garden City: Doubleday, 1957)
* "These Were Our Years", anthology (Garden City: Doubleday, 1959)
* "This Was Your War", anthology (Garden City: Doubleday, 1960)

References

Source: Contemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2002. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000074923.