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Person Detail: William Lindsay Gresham
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| Full Name: William Lindsay Gresham | ||
| Biography: (1909-1962) Novelist. William Lindsay Gresham was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and died in Manhattan, New York. He moved to New York when he was a child. |
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| 1909 |
(Unknown) County William Lindsay Gresham was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 20, 1909. |
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| 1946 |
(Unknown) County Nightmare Alley (Pub: New York: Rinehart and Company ISBN: ) Novel. |
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| 1926 |
Kings County Mr. Gresham graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, New York, in 1926. |
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| 1953 |
(Unknown) County Monster Midway (Pub: Rinehart ISBN: ) Nonfiction. |
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| 1949 |
(Unknown) County Limbo Tower (Pub: Rinehart ISBN: ) Novel. |
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| 1959 |
(Unknown) County Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls (Pub: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. ISBN: 0030272602 / 978-0030272608) Nonfiction. |
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| 1962 |
(Unknown) County The Book of Strength: Body Building the Safe, Correct Way (Pub: John Day Company ISBN: ) Nonfiction. |
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| 1962 |
New York County William Lindsay Gresham commited suicide by means of over-dosing on sleeping pills in the Dixie Hotel, now known as the Carter Hotel (Manhattan), in Manhattan, New York, on September 14, 1962, at age 53. |
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| 2013 |
(Unknown) County Grindshow: The Selected Writings of William Lindsay Gresham (Pub: Centipede Press ISBN: 1613471114 / 978-1613471111) Collection of short stories and essays. |
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| 1962 |
(Unknown) County William Lindsay Gresham's remains were cremated and the ashes given to family. |
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New York County After graduating from high school, Mr. Gresham worked in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York. |
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