Thursday, July 3, 2008
[A continuation of blogging from John Roy Carlson's Under Cover. (All posts in the series are collected on this page.)]
As I mentioned earlier, our friend Hillel Stavis has been doing research in the original John Roy Carlson archives, unearthing some very interesting stuff. In a file marked "Hate Mail," he found the following post card, received after publication of Under Cover [click photos for larger versions]:
Addressed to E.P. Dutton in Jew Jork:
A publicity photo of Carlson at his typewriter:
Finally, in a preview of things to come, here is a poster for one of Carlson's speaking engagements discussing his adventures leading up to the publication of Cairo to Damascus: