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This book is a collection of stories which originally appeared in
the Greenwich Village Newspaper |
| Publisher: |
New York :
Doubleday |
| Copyright Date: |
1962 |
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| Notes: |
Daniel Wolf and
Edwin Fancher, editors. Jean Shepherd contributor |
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The
following four stories are in the book. The first three are from his
column. The fourth article is about him and sheds some light
on the origination of the phrase "Excelsior" and the story of I,
Libertine. |
| "Voice from Within
a Cocoon" - The Night People by Jean Shepherd - pg. 80 |
| "Shoe, Unshoe" -
The Night People by Jean Shepherd - pg. 84 |
| "Dig the Folk" -
The Night People by Jean Shepherd - pg. 142 |
The Village Square
by John Wilcock - pg. 77
Jean Shepherd and the Seltzer Bottle Mambo
"The Book That Wasn't" |
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Line Drawings |
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Shep did a lot of line
drawings, many of which were used in his books. Below left is the
title page from the Village Voice Reader. Below right is the
same drawing used in Ferrari in the Bedroom in 1972. |
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The Stories |
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