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ILLINOIS STYLE: New book on cartoonist Alex Raymond
The (Bloomington) PantagraphTom Roberts read comics as a kid, but he didn't examine the work of Alex Raymond until adulthood, as a college student studying to be a cartoonist. Roberts ultimately switched emphasis, to become an illustrator, but retained a lasting appreciation for...Tags: Family, Book, Connecticut, Photography, Books and Magazines
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Two timeless, Depression-era novels from Edward Anderson
Edward Anderson had a strange and sad career. He was born in Texas in 1905 and grew up in Oklahoma, serving his apprenticeship as a journalist on a small paper in Ardmore, Okla. Restless, he worked as a deckhand on a freighter, plied his fists as a...Tags: Robert Altman, Music Industry, Theft, Books and Magazines, Nicholas Ray
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His wit was hard-boiled
Special to The TimesWE think we know Damon Runyon, and we might think we're pretty jaded about him, but a fat new anthology, " 'Guys and Dolls' and Other Writings" (Penguin: 636 pp., $18 paper), introduced by Pete Hamill and edited and annotated by Cornell professor Daniel...Tags: Theater, Laurence Sterne, Colorado, Toys, Leni Riefenstahl
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The case of downtown L.A.'s vanishing hotels
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMay 31, 2008 It looked like trouble. Or maybe it looked like the stuff that dreams were made of. The street was dark and the lighting was eerie as the hard-boiled book publishers from New York gathered outside an old factory building in downtown Los...Tags: Book, Rugby League, Rental Service, Fiction, Mysteries
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On May 27, 1647, the first recorded American execution of a suspected witch took place in Massachusetts. In 1818 Amelia Bloomer, who popularized the garment that bears her name—bloomers—was born in Homer, N.Y. In 1819 Julia Ward Howe, a...Tags: St. Mary's County, Slavery, Islam, Jazz Music, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia)
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The Nordic Mystery Boom
Americans are often unaware of major cultural trends developing just slightly off the beaten path. Take the Scandinavian Whodunit Boom. A month ago, Karin Fossum's novel, "The Indian Bride," won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best mystery. Fossum, a...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Fiction, Christmas, Books and Magazines, Medical Specialization
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Free for all
THURSDAY Author discussion: Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., Claudia Cassidy Theater, 12:15 p.m. Greg Borzo discusses his new book, "The Chicago 'L.' " Discussion: Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St., Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, 6 p....Tags: Theater, Music Industry, Chicago, Media, Books and Magazines
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Eric Lerner's "Pinkerton's Secret"
By Allen Barra Dour, dogmatic, irascible and almost fanatically secretive, Allan Pinkerton, founder of the world's best-known detective agency, lived a life that would have resisted investigation even from so brilliant a detective as Pinkerton himself....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Organized Crime, Federal Bureau of Investigation, John Brown, Ethics
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Suspense spinoff
By Dick Adler There's a new no-nonsense female private detective in town: Georgia Davis, a former cop who is tough and smart enough to give even the legendary V.I. Warshawski a run for her money. And Warshawski creator Sara Paretsky provides Libby...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Wrigley Field, Consumer Goods Industries, Michael Allen, Sexual Assault
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Masters of reinvention
By Sarah Weinman
For the next 12 months, libraries and communities across America will be reading Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel "The Maltese Falcon," the newest selection of the National Endowment for the Arts' Big Read. Such a choice, even the NEA...Tags: John Brown, Police
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