John T. McIntyre letter to Dear Benners, circa 1923 March 24.

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John T. McIntyre letter to Dear Benners, circa 1923 March 24.

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McIntyre writes to Dear Benners, 24 March, no year but circa 1923, passing general news about the weather, his latest book, with mention of Edmund Lester Pearson's book about book collectors, Books in Black or Red, published 1923.

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McIntyre, John Thomas, 1871-1951

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Colorful Philadelphia author John T. McIntyre was orphaned as a youth, and raised by an aunt; he left school by his early teens to earn a living at hard labor. Inspired by pulp adventure tales, he began to publish stories in Philadelphia papers in the 1890s; he also wrote plays for the South Street Standard Theatre and, later, novels. He eked out a living as a writer, but success eluded him until 1936, when the eerie minor classic Steps Going Down made him an overnight sensation at the age of si...