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Tag Archives: The Nonesuch Brian Leno
Two-Gun Bob: “Suffering from a pistol wound”
In the course of researching his book on the boxing world of Robert E. Howard, Brian Leno keeps tumbling to interesting tidbits — such as the news item above. Brian notes, “As far as I know, this is a first … Continue reading
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Tagged Coleman County Chronicle, June 11 1936, literary suicides, The Nonesuch Brian Leno
NONPAREIL: The Robert E. Howard WORD OF THE YEAR
For some of us, Robert E. Howard is nonpareil — which my India paper copy of Webster’s Third says is “Something of unequaled excellence; a nonesuch; a paragon,” and, while you might not think of it, is a word “often … Continue reading
