The Big Band Era: A New Look

by Bob Wilder

Bob Wilder began a 40-year award-winning career in journalism in 1950 as a sports writer in Lubbock, Tex., and retired on his 65th birthday in December 1992 as news editor of the Santa Barbara News-Press, then a New York Times-owned newspaper. After completing a hitch in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, he edited newspapers in Dallas, Vicksburg, Houston, Salt Lake City, Stockton and Santa Barbara. Wilder has served as county editor and state editor of the Dallas Times Herald; city editor of the Vicksburg Post, night sports editor of the Houston Chronicle; copy editor of the Salt Lake City Tribune; and sports editor of the Stockton Record. Wilder has received the coveted Dallas Press Club reporting award, a two-state writing award at Vicksburg, and the Page One makeup award at Santa Barbara. Born in Tulsa in 1927, he now lives with his wife in Stockton, California. His appreciation for Big Band jazz has been a lifelong interest.

92 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002