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Edward Stratemeyer, Damon Runyon, Jackie Collins & Anne Rice celebrate their today
Today in history: happy birthday (1879) to Edward Stratemeyer, the writer and creator of the "Nancy Drew" books.
Born 10/4: writers Damon Runyon,Edward Stratemeyer,Anne Rice, jazz bass Robert Hurst III, Steve Swallow,Eddie Gomez, jazz vocals Leon Thomas
Happy birthday to writer Edward Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862), creator of the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and Tom Swift et al.
First place I ever encountered pell-mell was in the ~1898 book 'The Minute Boys of Lexington' by Edward Stratemeyer.