An accomplished, intricately plotted novel, John Boyne's Crippen brilliantly reimagines the amazing escape attempt of one of history's most notorious killers and marks the outstanding American debut of one of Ireland's best young novelists.
... John Griffin: Charles Guggenheim interview with John Griffin, July 14, 1999, transcript. Milton Stolon: Charles ... in author's interviews with several survivors, including William J. Shapiro, July 27, 28, 29, 2002; Donald ...
... in author's files ; Leverett Saltonstall , " Notes of a Novice Senator , " The Ameri- can Mercury 68 ( 1946 ) ... John Griffin , 2 February 1956 ; John M. Neff to Francis Case , 4 February 1956 ; Francis Case to John Cowles , 15 ...
Best known for The Harlem Cycle, the series of crime stories featuring Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, Chester Himes was a novelist and memoirist whose work was neglected and underappreciated in his native America during the 1950s ...
... John C. Gruden , The Mystical Christ ( St. Louis , Mo .: B. Herder , 1938 ) . 121. John J. Griffin , “ The Spiritual Foundations of Catholic Action , " Orate Fratres 9 ( Septem- ber 1935 ) : 455-464 . 122. George J. McMorrow , “ The ...
... John S. Griffin and Joseph P. Widney attended him in his rooms , aided by Mrs. Dye . The mor- tally wounded marshal ... in Author's Collection The examination today will develop all the facts in the case , when all will be able to ...
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Anna Quindlen presents a “swift and compelling paean to the joys of books” (Booklist). “Like the columns she used to write for the New York Times, [How Reading Changed My Life] is tart, smart, full of quirky ...
Weary, wary, hard-drinking Detective John Rebus returns in author Ian Rankin's internationally acclaimed, award-winning series. Dead Souls is "crime writing of the highest order" (Daily Express).