Table of Contents
CONTENTS FOREWORD
EDITOR'S NOTE
DAISY ANDERSON, Widow of Former Slave and Union Soldier
LEWIS J. GORIN JR., Instigator of a 1930's Craze
TED HUSTEAD, Built the Popular Wall Drug
JESSE HILL FORD, a Novelist Who Wrote of Race Relations
ANNE HUMMERT, Creator of Soap Operas
MILTON RUBINCAM, Top Genealogist
MASON RANKIN, Founded AIDS Group in Utah
JOHN FULTON, Spain's First U.S. Matador
VIRGINIA MAE MORROW, Created Bridey Murphy Hoopla
HAL LIPSET, Private Detective with a Difference
R.V. PATWARDHAN, Hindu Priest with New York Verve
SIDNEY GROSSMAN, Entrepreneur Headed Lumber Concern
CURTIS L. CARLSON, Founder of Trading Stamp Conglomerate
MINNESOTA FATS, a Real Hustler with a Pool Cue
J. K. STOUT, Pioneering Judge in Pennsylvania
SIDNEY KORSHAK, Fabled Fixer for the Chicago Mob
FRANCINE KATZENBOGEN, Gave Cats the Lap of Luxury
NGUYEN NGOC LOAN, Executed Viet Cong Prisoner
JACK BIBLO, Used Bookseller for Half a Century
KAY HALLE, an Intimate of Century's Giants
HALLIE C. STILLWELL, a Rancher and Texas Legend
MARSHALL BERGER, Linguist with a Keen Ear for an Accent
PHILIP O'CONNOR, Acerbic Memoirist
TOOTS BARGER, the Queen of Duckpins' Wobbly World
EDGAR NOLLNER, Hero in Epidemic
MARGUERITE YOUNG, Author and Icon
REV. LOUIS SAUNDERS, Buried Oswald
DOUGLAS CORRIGAN, Wrong-Way Trip Was the Right Way to Celebrity as an Aviator
ANTON ROSENBERG, a Hipster Ideal
EDWARD LOWE, Cat Owners' Best Friend
MAURICE SAGOFF, a Master of Terse Verses on Literature
ROBERT SAUDEK, a Pioneer of Culture on TV
FRED ROSENSTIEL, Devoted His Life to Planting Flowers
SYDNEY GUILAROFF, Stylist to Stars
EMIL SITKA, Favorite Foil of Three Stooges
FRED FELDMAN, Helicopter Reporter
FRANK KURTZ, World War II Hero
J. EDWARD DAY, Postmaster Who Brought in the ZIP Code
MARIA REICHE, Keeper of an Ancient Peruvian Puzzle
WALTER J. KURON, of Red Baron Era
CHARLES MCCARTNEY, Known for Travels with Goats
ROBERT C. JOHNSTON, Engineer
ANGELO ZUCCOTTI, Artist of the Velvet Rope
PATSY SOUTHGATE, Who Inspired 50's Literary Paris
HENRY GOURDINE, Master of Fishing Skills and Lore
GEORGE W. CROCKETT, Was a Civil Rights Crusader
DAVID LONGABERGER, Basket Maker
MANUEL ELIZALDE, Defender of Primitive Tribe
DAVID LUDLUM, Weather Expert
HOWARD HIGMAN, Academic Impresario
SADLER HAYES, Salesman of Insurance and a Partygoer
MARY BANCROFT, U.S. Spy in World War II
ROBERT MCG. THOMAS JR., Chronicler of Unsung Lives