Allen and Philip,
The Veronica you refer to is Veronica Parker Johns (1907-1988) a
fiction/mystery writer who was an activist in the early Mystery Writers of
America, but is best known generally for stories in these publications:
FICTON:
- Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb ’57: The Cannibal Oxen (nv)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Stories that Go Bump in the Night -- The
Gentleman Caller, 1955.
- the "Webster Flagg" novel series: Murder By Day [1953] and Servent
Problems [1958].
- Other Mystery/Detective Novels: Hush, Gabriel! [1941]; Shady Doings
[1941]; The Singing Widow [1941].
- Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine: Bezique of Death, #85, December, 1950.
(reprint); Green Goose Chase, #227, October, 1962; Mr Hyde-de-Ho’. Ellery
Queen’s Awards - 11th Series, 1956.
And Veronica's conchological classic:
- She Sells Sea Shells, a 1968 autobiography. Veronica was the grand dames
of conchology in New York City, where she was the proprietor of Seashells
Unlimited, a small shell shop on Third Avenue and 36th Street in Manhattan
between 1964 and her passing in 1988. Who better to write about the
mysteries of conchology than from the point of view of a mystery writer.
Veronica tells about her transition from mystery writer to shell shop
proprietor and her many experiences in that role. I believe that she
originally purchased the Hano Shell Show in uptown Manhattan and moved it
lock, stock, and barrel to Third Avenue in 1964. Veronica was also one of
the original handful of Conchologists of America members.
Rich
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From: Allen Aigen [log in to unmask]
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 19:35:10 GMT
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Subject: Re: Shelling narratives
A shell dealer in NYC wrote an autobiography perhaps 10-15 years ago. I
can't remember the author beyond Veronica, but the name was "She Sells Sea
Shells". Probably someone else will fill in the blanks.
Allen Aigen
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One of the best books in my library is "The Best of the Nautilus", a
collection of writings from the early 1900's edited by R.Tucker Abbott.
It is full of wonderful stories of collecting - marine, terrestrial, and
freshwater shells.
Winston Barney
Fort Worth, TX
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From: Philip Zaleski
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Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 12:02 PM
Subject: Shelling narratives
Hello Everyone,
I'm new to this list so my apologies if this question has been addressed
in the past. I'm trying to compile a list of shelling narratives, that is,
first-person accounts (in book form) of seashell collecting. I'm aware of
the following material:
1) Combing the South Seas by Joseph Verco
2) Various books by Kathleen Johnstone, which contain many aubiographical
reminiscences
3) Some of the essays in Seashell Parade by A. Gordon Melvin
4) Merrill Moore's "A Note on Conchology"
5) Martha Hodgson's The Spell of the Shell
Any others anybody can steer me toward? Thanks!
Philip Zaleski
Allen Aigen
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