Hugh Merrill, Author Rutgers University Press $27.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-8135-2165-7
Those who consider Tina Brown's Vanity Fair and New Yorker an original mix of high and mass culture, observes Merrill, who teaches journalism at the University of West Florida, ignore the case of Esquire. In this intriguing sliver of history, he...
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Hugh Merrill, Author William Morrow & Company $17.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-06611-6
In his search for the roots of the blues, a nationally syndicated columnist from Georgia visits cocktail lounges, juke joints and no-name dives in Mississippi, Memphis, New Orleans, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland, Calif. Among the...
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Hugh Merrill. Stark House, $17.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-944520-03-8
This short biography by the late Merrill (d. 2015), first published in 2000, is the perfect introduction to author John Dann MacDonald (1916–1986). A prolific writer of crime fiction, MacDonald was best known for creating salvage expert/beach bum...
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