tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post9123098518225031802..comments2024-03-27T11:26:20.466-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Prepped for Murder: Death Goes to School (1936), by Q. PatrickThe Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-66340479306616705602018-07-22T22:49:50.563-07:002018-07-22T22:49:50.563-07:00It all gets more interesting the more you find out...It all gets more interesting the more you find out about them, in my opinion!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-88248952936780830252018-07-22T22:49:01.924-07:002018-07-22T22:49:01.924-07:00No intros from me! Do they ever have intros? Mayb...No intros from me! Do they ever have intros? Maybe some by Otto? But I hope to be introducing something else in the Hugh-Rickie line this year.<br /><br />Rickie definitely had his own muse, that's for sure.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-8529614489131929822018-07-22T22:46:59.939-07:002018-07-22T22:46:59.939-07:00Thanks, Laurie!Thanks, Laurie!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-69156917102833620212018-07-16T12:08:00.497-07:002018-07-16T12:08:00.497-07:00I always love a school mystery anyway, and am intr...I always love a school mystery anyway, and am intrigued by the whole P. Quentin question, so you have set me looking for a copy of this...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-48908977426444927022018-07-15T13:37:42.958-07:002018-07-15T13:37:42.958-07:00Thanks for your continuing critical exploration of...Thanks for your continuing critical exploration of the Q. Patrick novels. Very excited to see your mention on the Stagge post that Mysterious Press plans to reprint the titles. Will you be providing introductions to the re-issues?<br /><br />As for the Bishop of Saltmarsh being a nod to Gladys Mitchell's 1932 The Saltmarsh Murders, it's an enjoyable speculation, as I feel the same playful challenge to push conventional genre plotting to its limits as a way to reflect an author's unconventional worldview in The Grindle Nightmare too. One would like to think Webb enjoyed GM's rebellious spirit, and vice versa.Jason Halfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15247128155560891888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-45368606527938683862018-07-14T01:13:20.863-07:002018-07-14T01:13:20.863-07:00Well, that's one mystery solved!Well, that's one mystery solved!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-84091467314520694012018-07-13T23:44:32.739-07:002018-07-13T23:44:32.739-07:00I can confirm what John said re the jacket of the ...I can confirm what John said re the jacket of the book. My own copy has a fine jacket, entirely complete,and the thin line on the "Q." is visible.Mauro Boncompagnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03969421615204482138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-49363977285723459932018-07-13T18:25:53.397-07:002018-07-13T18:25:53.397-07:00Fascinating insights on theme and attitudes toward...Fascinating insights on theme and attitudes toward children.Laurie Loewensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472034573717556437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-92160209876441593352018-07-13T15:18:53.926-07:002018-07-13T15:18:53.926-07:00I clipped off some of the scan, but I just can'...I clipped off some of the scan, but I just can't see the "Q" on that jacket. I'll add a link to your review, though, sorry for the omission. Actually I should do a round-up, I know a number of people have done Q. Patrick reviews over the years.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-9139529233712656872018-07-13T15:14:44.662-07:002018-07-13T15:14:44.662-07:00That's an interesting point. St. Paul had an i...That's an interesting point. St. Paul had an infamously corrupt sheriff, Tom Brown, from 1930-32. Mabel Seeley in her book The Listening House alluded to the corruption, but she changed the name. Wisconsin had two Bund camps, don't know about Minnesota.<br /><br />https://gizmodo.com/how-american-nazis-used-summer-camps-to-indoctrinate-th-1743267747<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />From the article:<br /><br />Bund parents sent their children to the camps, which were compared to the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides of America, but in reality were more like the Hitler Youth camps of Nazi Germany. <br /><br />At the camps, children were taught how to speak German and sing German songs. Phrases like “Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhehrer” (translated to “One People, One Empire, One Leader”) were heard alongside the refrains of “Deutschalnd, Deutschland Über Alles.” It was as much an effort to celebrate German heritage as it was an attempt to teach Nazi ideology. <br /><br />“Hitler is the friend of Germans everywhere,” noted a girl who attended Camp Hindenburg in Wisconsin. “And just as Christ wanted little children to come to him, Hitler wants German children to revere him.”The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-36252780530475439992018-07-13T12:45:22.445-07:002018-07-13T12:45:22.445-07:00Might there be a reason for the choice of St. Paul...Might there be a reason for the choice of St. Paul, Minnesota as the site of the US pogroms?<br />You'd expect an imaginary place. rather than risk enraging citizens of a real city.Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-87874670032505017162018-07-13T10:50:16.517-07:002018-07-13T10:50:16.517-07:00That DJ has poorly designed typography, but I can ...That DJ has poorly designed typography, but I can see the tail of the Q. It's barely noticeable, but it's there. The bottom portion seems to have been cut off at the edge, but the top is there as a very thin line. Look at the photo of the DJ I used on my blog post for this book. On that one it's more noticeable.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.com