John Rosenfield's Dallas: How the Southwest's Leading Critic Shaped a City's Culture, 1925 to 1966

John Rosenfield's Dallas is a biography of the legendary amusements editor of the Dallas Morning News who from 1925 to 1966 reigned as the cultural czar of Dallas. The book gives extensive coverage to all of the arts--symphony, opera, the dramatic arts, film and ballet--as they developed in Dallas over these decades. There is interesting detail about many of the internationally famous artists who visited the city as well as about the development of local cultural institutions.