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and the Establishment of Truth,

which severely criticized the re-
port on John Kennedy's murder.
Born in New York, Epstein
originally wrote Inquest
as his master's thesis,
becoming one of the first
to publicly question the
Warren Commission.
He followed with coun-

terplot, Legend: The Se-
cret World of Lee Harvey
Oswald and News from
Nowhere: Television and
the News. Well, that's

what the books say, any-
way. But can anyone re-
ally prove that Epstein
alone was the author?

If your dog is howling
continually and you
don't know what to do,
Roger Caras is the
man to consult. Born in 1928 in
Massachusetts, he is one of the
country's most popular experts on
pets and the author of numerous
books on animals.
Interestingly enough, Caras
started out as a movie executive
with Columbia Pictures, but his
first love was always wildlife and
pets. Among his many books are
Animals of the World (reviewing
the wonderful world of poisonous
creatures), A Zoo in Your Room
and The Forest. In his 1971Death
as a Way of Life he condemns
hunters, labeling them no differ-
ent than murderers.
A vice president of the Humane
Society, he holds numerous
awards from U.S. and Israeli
groups.

Few know his name today, but

Delmore Schwartz was one of

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Roth, W.H. Auden and Gore Vi-
dal would never have been the
same. Epstein, born in 1928, was
an executive at Doubleday & Co.
where he served as chief editor for
these and other leading authors.
He also founded, in 1963, the pop-
ular New York Review of Books,
and in 1988 was the first recipi-
ent of a National Book Award

the most promising writers of the
1950s. At 21, he wrote a remark-
able short story called "In Dreams
Begin Responsibilities," which es-
tablished his reputation in the lit-
erary world and remains what
many critics call one of the best
stories ever written.
Schwartz published both poems
and prose, and it's still possible to-
day to find recordings in which he
reads, in a sorrowful voice, those
works.
His life was filled with sadness.
He became an alcoholic, married
several times and never again
found the remarkable fame and
respect he had with the publica-
tion of his first story. He died,
alone, of a heart attack while tak-
ing out the trash in his New York
apartment. It took several days
before anyone found -his body.
Schwartz was the inspiration
for Saul Bellow's classic Hum-

boldt's Gift.

Without Jason Epstein, Philip

Medal for distinguished contri-
butions to American letters.

So, that government report on
Roswell has you doubting alien
visits to the United States? Maybe
it's time you take a look at the
works of some of the many great
Jewish science-fiction authors, in-
cluding Stanley Weinbaum (fa-
mous for his especially kind
treatment of creatures from oth-
er planets), Robert Silverberg,
Robert Sheckley and, probably
most famous of all, Harlan Elli-
son, winner of many Nebula and
Hugo awards for science-fiction
writing.

CURIOSITY

If you wanted a really grand deal,
Solomon Barth was the man to
see. Born in 1853, Barth was a
prospector, a Pony Express rider
and a gambler. He went out West
in the early 1860s for a job deliv-
ering mail. One day he was cap-
tured by Apaches (and you
thought all those stories you heard
about how tough it is to work for
the post office were exaggera-
tions), but he managed to escape.
This began Barth's lifelong asso-
ciation with Native Americans, in-
cluding one chief who sold him the
Grand Canyon. (No information
is available on how he lost rights
to the landmark).
Barth also founded the town of
St. Johns, Ariz., and served in two
state legislatures and as county
treasurer.

What could an impoverished
artist in France have in common
with a Jewish settler from Alaba-
ma who married a Native-Amer-
ican woman? Don't even venture
a guess.
Abraham Mordechai, born

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