LIEBLING, ABBOTT JOSEPH (A. J.). Noted Broadway chronicler whose interests ranged from gastronomy to prize fighting, and a well known watchdog of the journalism field; b. New York, New York, ; d. New York, New York, .
According to Liebling, his father embodied all the traits of the Horatio Alger legend, only in reverse. It seems his father, a furrier, started wealthy and found himself penniless at his death. Liebling himself enjoyed a checkered career in...