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  Richard Zacks grew up in New York City, with summers with relatives in his birthplace of Savannah, Georgia. He became intrigued by the personal life of Mark Twain when he discovered how conflicted the great author was: wanting to curse, drink and gamble YET also wanting high brow respect. As a teenager, Zacks gambled on the horses, played blackjack in illegal Manhattan card parlors and bought his first drink at age fifteen at the Plaza Hotel. He also attended elite schools such as Horace Mann (’73), University of Michigan (’79) and Columbia Journalism School (’81). He majored in Classical Greek and studied Arabic, Italian and French. His whole life he has felt torn between the seedy and the high brow. He is a born contrarian. His books reflect that, with topics ranging from Joan of Arc’s virginity tests to a vindication of Captain Kidd, from Edison’s electric chair to Mark Twain’s erotic writings. . Zacks spent the decade of the 1980s as a journalist, writing a widely syndicated newspaper column, as well as freelance pieces for the likes of The Atlantic, Sports Illustrated, and

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  Rakietowe Szlaki tom 1: Antologia klasycznej SF
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  4.21 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions

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  3.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1958 — 4 editions

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  Short Science Fiction Collection 054
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  3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2016

  The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume XIII
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  really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions

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  liked it 3.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1955 — 4 editions

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  Detective Tales, v40 n03, October 1948
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  really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1948

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  Amazing Stories Volume 129
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