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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Vincent Starrett Goes Clubbing

November 24, 2023 by Ray Betzner

Among Chicago’s Cliff Dwellers

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November 24, 2023 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Scott Monty, Cliff Dwellers, Charles Collins, A Line O' Type or Two., Born in a Bookshop, University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Anderson Library, Ribston Pippins, Steven DOyle, Jim Montgomery, The Baker Street Irregulars, Clan na Gael, Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Chicago Literary Lions, Fanny Butcher

Far too few words about Ben Hecht

October 28, 2021 by Ray Betzner

Picking Pictures for Ben

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October 28, 2021 /Ray Betzner
Ben Hecht, A Child of the Century, Vincent Starrett, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Daily News, Associated Press, Chicago Renaissance, Richard Little, Charles Collins, A Line O' Type or Two., George Wharton, Christian Dane Hagerty, Lloyd Lewis, Sheherezade, Carl Sandburg
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'A wider circulation'

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

‘221B’ Part 6

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Charles Collins, Chicago Tribune, Bookman's Holiday, 221B, Vincent Starrett, A Line O' Type or Two., Hounds of the Baskerville (sic)
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"Souvneir de Sherlock"

January 06, 2019 by Ray Betzner

A 75-year-old signature explained.

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January 06, 2019 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), Charles Collins, Horace Bridges, Stanley Pargellis, A Line O' Type or Two., Newberry Library, Schlogl's, Yuichi Hirayma, Elaine Yao, Gayle Puhl, Peggy Purdue, Steve Rothman, Susumu Kobayashi, Ray Latimer, Shi Julin, SHi SHilun, Shi Gong, The Cases of Lord Shi
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The 1960 edition among the critics

November 16, 2018 by Ray Betzner

Holmes charms them again

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November 16, 2018 /Ray Betzner
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Chicago Tribune, Charles Collins, In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes, Michael Harrison, Rex Stout, Anthony Boucher, The Hounds of the Baskerville, James Buchholtz, Delphos, Ohio, The New York Times, The New Republic, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, A. Mervyn Davies
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221B's First Public Appearance

October 05, 2017 by Ray Betzner

Starrett's sonnet has a coming out party

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October 05, 2017 /Ray Betzner
Charles Collins, The Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), Vincent Starrett, 221B, Chicago Tribune, A Line O' Type or Two., Bookman's Holiday, Two Sonnets, Christopher Morley, Edgar W. Smith, Sonnet on Baker Street, Autolycus in Limbo, Sherlock in the Trib, Ely Liebow, John Nieminski, Bowling Green, Saturday Review of Literature
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