40 Pounds of Trouble is a retelling of the story by the newspaperman of what nationality?
Damon Runyon Alfred Damon Runyon (October 4, 1880 – December 10, 1946) was an American newspaperman and short story writer.
Edward Kosner Edward Kosner (born July 26. 1937) is an American journalist and author who served as the top editor of "Newsweek", "New York" and "Esquire" magazines and the "New York Daily News" during a forty-five-year career. He is the author of a memoir, “It’s News to Me,” published in 2006, and is a frequent book reviewer for the "Wall Street Journal". He lives in New York and on Amelia Island on the Atlantic coast of northern Florida.