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Can a book itself be a Hobo?
Authors of the excellent biography of Jim Tully have released what they are calling “The vagabond copy of Jim Tully’s Beggars of Life“. It’s a free copy of Tully’s autobiography let loose in the wild. In the spirit of the “Where’s … Continue reading
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Mark Dawidziak at the Ohioana Book Festival 2011
Mark Dawidziak, coauthor of “Jim Tully: American Writer, Irish Rover, Hollywood Brawler” talks with Doug Dangler at the Ohioana Book Festival.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer leaves out JimTully.net…
We got no love, even though we were interviewed this time! I was contacted early this week by e-mail and then phone call regarding this story. Joanna asked what the traffic was to JimTully.net, I told her I didn’t pay … Continue reading
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Jim Tully on Facebook…
We’ve started a fan page for Jim Tully on Facebook. You can see it in the sidebar as of this writing, but here’s a direct link!
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Jim Tully on HuffPo – we get no love…
It’s nice to see the world taking notice of ol’ Tully, even if they haven’t taken notice of the only website dedicated to his work. Yes, since 2008 this site has slowly been growing with information, we’ve released the rarest … Continue reading
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Tully in Story World
Added the following articles to “Magazines” after finding them listed on Ebay: Story World August, 1924 “The Thief of Bagdad” Story World December, 1924 “The Long Bulge Upwards: A Remarkable Autobiography of Struggle and Achievement Which Every Writer Should Read”
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Updates in the “Magazines” section…
I recently purchased 26 bound volumes of The American Mercury, they came from the University of Virginia Library originally. I was able to use these to verify the articles that were published by Mencken in that periodical. You’ll see this … Continue reading
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Tagged Bantam Books, Continental Books, The American Mercury
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Jailbirds by Jim Tully – from The American Mercury, 1928
Scanned and OCRed on Sept.8th, 2010 by Kevin I. Slaugther: JAILBIRDS BY JIM TULLY THE jail room was thirty-five feet long, twenty-five feet wide, and seven feet high. In this large cage were fifty prisoners. Some had been sentenced and … Continue reading
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Jim Tully and Robert E. Howard Beggars of Life
Jim Tully and Robert E. Howard Beggars of Life by Brian Leno Robert E. Howard is oftentimes famously quoted as remarking that of all the writers living and working in his time, he felt there were only two whose work would endure—H. … Continue reading
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