Studies in Starrett

Studies in Starrett

An exploration of the works of Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett

(October 26, 1886 – January 5, 1974)

Curated by Ray Betzner
Original content owned and copyrighted by Ray Betzner

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Best. Day. Ever. Part 1

November 30, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Starrett is honored by the city’s literary elite.

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November 30, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Louis Zara, Brillig, Chicago Tribune, Fanny Butcher, Hotel Sherman, Friends of the Chicago Public Library, Society of Midland Authors, Caxton Club, "Books Alive", Robert J. Casey, J. Finley Christ, Carl Sandburg, Lew Sarett, Frederic Babcock, Thornton Wilder, Russell McLaughlin, Baker Street Irregulars, Sherlockians, Burton Rascoe, Lucy Key Miller, Peter Ruber

Books of the Golden Age

May 07, 2020 by Ray Betzner

From no other diversion in life have I had such enduring pleasure as from collecting books.

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May 07, 2020 /Ray Betzner
Charles E. Honce, Books of the Golden Age, Vincent Starrett, Chicago Tribune, Associated Press, Caxton Club, Newberry Library, The Freeman, Born in a Bookshop, G.A. Henty, Conan Doyle
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"Our Correspondent Wounded!"

October 05, 2019 by Ray Betzner

More than a century later, can we learn the truth?

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October 05, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Mexico City, Vera Cruz, Chicago Daily News, McNaught's Monthly, Xochimilco, Fred Boalt, Zapatistas, Robert Mangler, Caxtonian, Caxton Club, Caxton Society, C.V.E Starrett
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Recent additions to the collection

February 18, 2017 by Ray Betzner

Two new (to me) items commemorating significant events in Starrett's Sherlockian life.

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February 18, 2017 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Julian Wolff, Hugo's Companions, The Baker Street Irregulars, The Hounds of the Baskerville, Caxton Club, Otto Penzler, The Mysterious Bookshop, Stanley Pargellis, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Penny Wise and Book Foolish, Books Alive, Bookman's Holiday, The Chicago Tribune, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Encyclopedia Britannica, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Stephen Crane, George Gissing, Mark Twain, Sherington Hope, Sherrington Hope, Sage's Restaurant
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