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Tag Archives: Gertrude Barrows Bennett
Rediscovered: More on Monahan
Keeping his eye on the centennial clock, noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook returns to the Mean Streets. Here’s Kevin: Pulp cover illustrator P.J. Monahan was born Patrick John Sullivan on January 4, 1882. When he was just a … Continue reading →
Posted in Lit
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Tagged Argosy, Autographs, Bob Barrett, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Frank A. Munsey, Gertrude Barrows Bennett, Kevin Cook, P. J. Monahan, Robert Davis
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Rediscovered: Mrs. Gertrude (Francis Stevens) Bennett
Autograph Hound Super-Sunday — and noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook is back to commemorate the passing of another of his favorite authors, 72 years ago today: Gertrude Barrows Bennett was born on September 18, 1884 in Minneapolis, but she … Continue reading →
Posted in Frisco, Lit
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Tagged Argosy, Augustus T. Swift, Autographs, Francis Stevens, Frank A. Munsey, Gary Hoppenstand, Gertrude Barrows Bennett, Kevin Cook, Lovecraft, Sam Moskowitz, The Thrill Book
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