It's a risky proposition to create a "best of list" for Bob Pool stories in the Los Angeles Times. Not only are there too many to choose from — more than 4,000 — but there are few shortcuts for finding the true gems. That's because Pool hated writing for Page 1. He favored economy over length. And the headlines rarely did justice to tales he could weave way inside the old Times Valley Edition, say, on a page next to GE refrigerator ads. Readers could chuckle at one story Pool wrote for inside... Read this story
