Background
Masson, Thomas L. was born on July 21, 1866 in Essex, Connecticut, United States. Son of Thomas L. and Malvina M. Masson.
Masson, Thomas L. was born on July 21, 1866 in Essex, Connecticut, United States. Son of Thomas L. and Malvina M. Masson.
Educational public schools, New Haven.
Editor of Life, New York, 1893-1922. Member editorial staff New York Times, 1924. Associate editor Saturday Evening Post, 1922-1930.
Author: Yankee Navy, 1899.
A Corner in Women, 1905. The Von Blumers, 1906.
A Bachelor’s Baby, and Some Grown-ups, 1907. The Best Stories in the World, 1913.
Humorous Masterpieces of American Literature, 1904.
In Merry Measure, 1905. The New Plato, 1905; Humor of Love in Verse and Prose, 1906. Short Stories from Life, 1916.
Best Short Stories, 1918.
Well Why Not?, 1921; Our American Humorists, 1922. Listen to These, 1922.
That Silver Lining, 1923. Why I Am a Spiritual Vagabond, 1925.
The City of Perfection, 1926.
Tom Masson’s Compendium of Wit and Humor, 1927. In Tune with the Finite, 1928. Ascensions, 1929; Within, 1931.
Member editorial staff New York Times, 1924.
Married Fannie Zulette Goodrich, of Hartford, Connecticut, October 24, 1893.
