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Don Swaim is a writer, novelist, journalist, and winner of the 2011 Pearl S. Buck short story prize. His novel, The H.L. Mencken Murder Case (St. Martin's Press), was republished as a trade paperback under the Authors Guild's Back in Print program. Born in Kansas and educated in Ohio, his daily feature "Book Beat" was broadcast on major radio stations through the CBS Radio Stations News Service, and can be heard on the Internet at Wired for Books and at Book Beat:The Podcast. After a career at CBS in New York and Baltimore, Swaim founded the Bucks County Writers Workshop in Pennsylvania. He edits the web's definitive Ambrose Bierce Site. His fiction and articles have been published in small magazines and on the web. ...more

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	The Assassination of Ambrose Bierce: A Love Story really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	H.L. Mencken Murder Case 3.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man With Two Faces 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jitterbuggin' with the Renaissance: A Jazz Age Epic it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neshaminy Fall/Winter 2020 Vol. 2, No, 1: The Bucks County Historical and Literary Journal by Don Swaim (Goodreads Author), David Updike, William Donahue 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neshaminy: The Bucks County Historical and Literary Journal Spring/Summer 2021: Vol. 2, No, 2 by Don Swaim (Goodreads Author), Daniel Dorian, Jim Brennan it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neshaminy Fall/Winter 2021 Vol. 3, No. 1: The Bucks County Historical and Literary Journal by Don Swaim (Goodreads Author) (Author/Editor), William J. Donahue (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Melissa D. Sullivan (Author/Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neshaminy: The Bucks County Literary Journal Spring/Summer 2025, No. 11 by Don Swaim (Goodreads Author), William J. Donahue (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Melissa D. Sullivan (Editor) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neshaminy: The Bucks County Historical and Literary Journal by Don Swaim (Goodreads Author), H.A. Callum (Goodreads Author), William O'Toole it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neshaminy: The Bucks County Historical and Literary Journal. Spring/Summer 2023. Vol. 4, No. 2 by Don Swaim (Goodreads Author), Daniel Dorian, Pat Achilles (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Mystery No More: Man of Lurid Letters Writ Large Captured in Brilliant New Historical Novel

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An Ambrose Bierce buff since "A" in The Devil's Dictionary," lit my fire 60 years ago, I knew Don Swaim's website is the mother lode of all things Bierce. The very title of Don's kaleidoscopic re-discovery of the mi Read more of this blog post »

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