This periodic newsletter commemorates the lives of Faron Young and Marty Robbins. The University of Illinois Press is publishing Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins in February 2012. Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story was published in 2007 and will be issued in paperback in February 2012. Publication Update: I have mailed the corrected page proofs of […]
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Navy Birthday Ball, Sioux Falls SD, 15 October 2011: Good evening, happy birthday, it’s great to be with a bunch of Navy people, and to have an opportunity to wear my formal dress uniform again. I didn’t expect that to happen in Sioux Falls, so this is pretty nice.
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This periodic newsletter commemorates the lives of Faron Young and Marty Robbins. The University of Illinois Press published Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story in 2007 and is publishing Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins in February 2012. Here is the book cover:
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By Jason Elliot Jason Elliot first traveled from England to Afghanistan in 1979, at age nineteen, during the Soviet occupation. His second journey occurred after the Soviets had pulled out and the Afghans were fighting the Taliban. An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan is a travelogue of three journeys, each ten years apart, interspersed with […]
Publication Update: I have seen and approved the cover for Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins. As soon as copyright issues are settled, I’ll post it for all to admire. I think you will be as pleased with it as I am. I also approved the back matter for the paperback release of […]
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Publication Update: I finally have a publication date for Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins. The editor says, “Everything is comfortably on schedule for a 3/1/2012 pub date. The spring catalog comes out in November, and Marketing should be in touch with you in a month or so about jacket and catalog copy.”
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MARTY ROBBINS AND FARON YOUNG ON 20 JULY While searching for events in the lives of Marty and Faron on this day, I came across the major non-music theme in both lives, racing for Marty and alcohol for Faron.
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Publication Update: the copyedited manuscript of Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins has gone back to the publisher. In September I’ll receive two copies in page number format. One copy for final edit and one for making the index. MARTY ROBBINS AND FARON YOUNG 55 YEARS AGO Marty and Faron were filming Raiders of Old California […]
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Publication Update: I received the copyedited manuscript of Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins on Monday. Finally! I’ll be reviewing it over the next few weeks. The copy editor’s note said, “What a pleasure it was to have copyedited this manuscript! Your descriptions of Marty Robbins’s life and the people in it helped me picture him and […]
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By Randy L. Schmidt Karen Carpenter is almost as famous for her anorexia nervosa death as for being lead singer of the duo, The Carpenters, in the 1970s. Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter encapsulates two decades of research by author Randy Schmidt. He became fascinated with Karen when he watched the made-for-TV […]
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Faron Young and Marty Robbins newsletter — 2 November 2011
This periodic newsletter commemorates the lives of Faron Young and Marty Robbins. The University of Illinois Press is publishing Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins in February 2012. Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story was published in 2007 and will be issued in paperback in February 2012. Publication Update: I have mailed the corrected page proofs of […]
Speech at Navy Birthday Ball 2011
Navy Birthday Ball, Sioux Falls SD, 15 October 2011: Good evening, happy birthday, it’s great to be with a bunch of Navy people, and to have an opportunity to wear my formal dress uniform again. I didn’t expect that to happen in Sioux Falls, so this is pretty nice.
Faron Young and Marty Robbins newsletter — 12 October 2011 — book cover
This periodic newsletter commemorates the lives of Faron Young and Marty Robbins. The University of Illinois Press published Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story in 2007 and is publishing Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins in February 2012. Here is the book cover:
An Unexpected Light: Travels In Afghanistan
By Jason Elliot Jason Elliot first traveled from England to Afghanistan in 1979, at age nineteen, during the Soviet occupation. His second journey occurred after the Soviets had pulled out and the Afghans were fighting the Taliban. An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan is a travelogue of three journeys, each ten years apart, interspersed with […]
Faron Young and Marty Robbins newsletter — 28 September 2011
Publication Update: I have seen and approved the cover for Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins. As soon as copyright issues are settled, I’ll post it for all to admire. I think you will be as pleased with it as I am. I also approved the back matter for the paperback release of […]
Faron Young and Marty Robbins newsletter — 17 August 2011
Publication Update: I finally have a publication date for Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins. The editor says, “Everything is comfortably on schedule for a 3/1/2012 pub date. The spring catalog comes out in November, and Marketing should be in touch with you in a month or so about jacket and catalog copy.”
Faron Young and Marty Robbins newsletter — 20 July 2011
MARTY ROBBINS AND FARON YOUNG ON 20 JULY While searching for events in the lives of Marty and Faron on this day, I came across the major non-music theme in both lives, racing for Marty and alcohol for Faron.
Faron Young and Marty Robbins newsletter — 29 June 2011
Publication Update: the copyedited manuscript of Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins has gone back to the publisher. In September I’ll receive two copies in page number format. One copy for final edit and one for making the index. MARTY ROBBINS AND FARON YOUNG 55 YEARS AGO Marty and Faron were filming Raiders of Old California […]
Faron Young and Marty Robbins newsletter — 15 June 2011
Publication Update: I received the copyedited manuscript of Twentieth Century Drifter: The Life of Marty Robbins on Monday. Finally! I’ll be reviewing it over the next few weeks. The copy editor’s note said, “What a pleasure it was to have copyedited this manuscript! Your descriptions of Marty Robbins’s life and the people in it helped me picture him and […]
Little Girl Blue: The Life Of Karen Carpenter
By Randy L. Schmidt Karen Carpenter is almost as famous for her anorexia nervosa death as for being lead singer of the duo, The Carpenters, in the 1970s. Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter encapsulates two decades of research by author Randy Schmidt. He became fascinated with Karen when he watched the made-for-TV […]