2 Quotes & Sayings By Bill Muncey
Bill Muncey was born in Lebanon, Kentucky, on December 30, 1878. He was educated in public schools of that city and at the University of Virginia. He worked for three years as a newspaper reporter, then became city editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal. From 1912 to 1915 he was president of The Muncie (Indiana) Times
In 1915 he moved to New York City where he became assistant managing editor of the Evening Post. He served in this capacity until 1916 when he became its managing editor. That year he began contributing articles to the Saturday Evening Post and other magazines and books; and in 1923 he published The Hero: A Study of American Heroism and Its Emblems and Its Influence on American Society (New York: Scribner's).
From 1926 to 1931 he served as an editorial writer for the New Yorker; from 1931 to 1942 as a staff member; and from 1942 to 1946 as its editorial writer. He also wrote The Story of GIs: An Informal History of World War II (New York: Scribner's).