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SteveEisenberg · 08-19-2015, 08:41 PM

fjtorres -- as far as this being on the NY Times bestseller list -- I'm afraid you have been at least partly hoaxed yourself.

The August 1, 1956 Wall Street Journal article says nothing about being on the bestseller list before publication:

http://web.archive.org/web/200204270...-56/8-1-56.jpg

Neither does the New York Times article on the original hoax (Book Review page 5, August 5, 1956).

Nor does the New York Times review of the published book (Book Review page page 21, September 16, 1956).

Via my public library's web site, I checked the ProQuest indexing of the New York Times for 1956 through 1958. I, Libertine did not make the bestseller list, neither the hoax book nor the real one.

But I did love Jean Shepherd on the radio.

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SteveEisenberg Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,435 Karma: 43514536 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: near Philadelphia USA Device: Kindle Kids Edition, Fire HD 10 (11th generation)	fjtorres -- as far as this being on the NY Times bestseller list -- I'm afraid you have been at least partly hoaxed yourself. The August 1, 1956 Wall Street Journal article says nothing about being on the bestseller list before publication: http://web.archive.org/web/200204270...-56/8-1-56.jpg Neither does the New York Times article on the original hoax (Book Review page 5, August 5, 1956). Nor does the New York Times review of the published book (Book Review page page 21, September 16, 1956). Via my public library's web site, I checked the ProQuest indexing of the New York Times for 1956 through 1958. I, Libertine did not make the bestseller list, neither the hoax book nor the real one. But I did love Jean Shepherd on the radio. Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 08-19-2015 at 09:04 PM.