Bergman, Andrew, We're in the Money: Depression America and Its Films, Ivan R. Dee, 1992.
This books looks at how Hollywood films in the 1930s helped support various American institutions and myths, such as individual success and capitalism.
Perelman, S. J., Acres and Pains, Burford Books, 1999.
The humor writer S. J. Perelman was West's brother- in-law and financially supported West during some of his leaner years. In this book, originally published in 1947, the author pokes fun at himself and his attempts to adjust his city-boy ways to life in the country.
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