Friday, August 13, 2010

Orrie Hitt Article

This is purely a wild coincidence, but I've found out there's an article about Orrie Hitt in today's edition of the Port Jervis, New York newspaper (Hitt's hometown).  You can read it here.

According to the article, he died in 1975, not 1967, as I stated in the previous post.  But I think his last novel was published in 1967.  That must have been what I was thinking of. 

7 comments:

Jerry House said...

Interesting article about a much under-appreciated author. I loved the last paragraph about the audience's reaction. I'm looking forward to O'Brien's book.

Matthew P. Mayo said...

Your posts about Hitt have intrigued me. It's time I track down some of his work.

Plus, I love that car in the picture. Boy, they don't make handsome rollers like that any more.

Cheers,
Matt

Ed Gorman said...

This is a great photo. It captures an era perfectly. Thanks for running it, James.

Iren said...

Cool article. I hope this momentum for hos work leads to at least a couple of reissues of his work.

Richard R. said...

A small world, indeed. Great photo, a 1950 - or possibly a 1951 bullet-nosed Ford Tudor convertible. My first car was a 1950 Ford Tudor coupe. Flathead V8. Sweet.

Ron Scheer said...

A wonderful tribute. Thanks for the link.

Anonymous said...

It's interesting how he liked to use the happy endings. Thanks for the link, James.

Ed Lynskey