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Discover Harold Adams, the mystery writer who stirred the dust

Carl Wilcox would be the first to tell you he was a bum. An ex-con who was homeless, a drifter, a drinker and eventually called the murder man, might earn the bum label. Harold Adams created Carl Wilcox and...

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Irish Boxer's Dignity Restored in Yonkers After Half a Century

Tombstone for Michael J. Hogan AKA Shamus O'Brien donated by Artists Memorial Monuments through the Dr. Theodore A. Atlas Foundation and Ring 8 Veterans Boxers Association of New York.. It was installed recently in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Yonkers....

17 comments    family history ireland
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The Little Yellow Bird. Part 21 . My Favorite Actor Is Robert De Niro.

The Little Yellow Bird talks about her favorite actor Robert De Niro.

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M is for Mystery Writing

The second and likely the best of the series of Alphabet Murders with PI Kinsey Milhone, this crime novel won both the 1985 Private Eye Writers Of America Shamus Award and the Anthony Award For Best Novel of the year in crime. I never read any of...

4 comments    mystery books the shamus award
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Shamus In the Green Room

A shamus, a surfboard, a green room, and murder. The life and films of Dashiell Hammett make a good foundation for an exciting multi-plot suspense novel.

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What Is Steampunk to Me

A very common thing to happen to me is after telling someone I am into steampunk, is the inevitable question what is steampunk? Having been involved with in the community for over a year now, I feel very...

0 comments    steampunk jules verne h g wells
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Liberal Dems receive memo, its all a go

Are democrats working off memo's from the white house? Are they taking cues from Obama? Is bashing going to lead to their very downfall? and failures? I am sure as my name is Harvard Shamus, that the...

8 comments    politics obama truth
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Atlas Foundation Acts to Restore Yonkers Boxer’s Dignity

Shamus O'Brien, touted as "Yonkers Favorite" when the popular lightweight Irish boxer battled numerous champions and served as a trial horse for up-and-coming youngsters, will finally have his dignity restored. He died in 1959 without as much as a grave marker. The Atlas Foundation is acting now to restore his long lost dignity.

30 comments    charity irish boxer
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John Connolly: An Author You Don't Want to Miss

My husband actually recommended John Connolly to me and I'm so glad he did. I started with his first book, Every Dead Thing. Once I started reading, I couldn't put it down. I just had to know what was going to...

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