Andrew Schneider, Author, David McCumber, Author . Putnam $25.95 (440p) ISBN 978-0-399-15095-1
As part of a year-long investigation into the impact of the General Mining Act, which let corporations buy land cheaply from the government, Schneider, senior national correspondent for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
, met with Gayla Benefield, a...
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David McCumber, Author It Books $14.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-380-72923-4
A billiard parlor insider's on-the-road memoir of the felt. (Apr.)
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David McCumber, Author Pinnacle Books $4.99 (0p) ISBN 978-1-55817-780-2
This depressing trip through the San Francisco porn industry recounts sex impresario Jim Mitchell's murder of his abusive, alcoholic brother and partner, Arnie. (Jan.)
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David McCumber, Author William Morrow & Company $24 (339p) ISBN 978-0-380-97341-5
Newly divorced, having left his job as assistant managing editor of the San Francisco Examiner, McCumber (Playing Off the Rail) set out to see what life as a cowboy was like. The guest was part of what he calls ""a rather thoroughgoing midlife...
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David McCumber, Author Simon & Schuster $22.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-75156-2
Cultural icons of San Francisco in the 1960s, pornographers Jim and Artie Mitchell became millionaires in their 20s with their movie Behind the Green Door . The tough, cunning brothers, who endured hundreds of porn-related arrests, were frequently...
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David McCumber, Author Random House (NY) $25 (367p) ISBN 978-0-679-42374-4
In late 1992, McCumber (X-Rated) became the ``stakehorse'' for his friend Tony Annigoni, owner of a San Francisco poolroom and a player of championship caliber. In that role, McCumber put up the money whenever Annigoni played and they split the...
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