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Robert C. Conner

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in London, The United Kingdom

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Historical Fiction, Mystery

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Raymond Chandler

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Robert C. (Bob) Conner wrote the 2026 book The Detective and Dorothy Day, a mystery thriller and historical novel set in 1975 New York state. He met Day in mid-1970s when in the Catholic Worker movement. Bob's previous novel The Last Circle of Ulysses Grant was published in 2018.
He is also the author of two biographies published by Casemate: James Montgomery: Abolitionist Warrior (2022), and General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth" (in quotes because the book came out in 2013, and the publisher thought most people would be unfamiliar with the word).
A former journalist, Bob organized and led a unit of The Newspaper Guild at his first job in the field. He won two first-place writing awards from the New ...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 38 ratings · 9 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	General Gordon Granger: The Savior of Chickamauga and the Man Behind "Juneteenth" 3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2013 — 5 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
	James Montgomery: Abolitionist Warrior 4.22 avg rating — 9 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
	The Last Circle of Ulysses Grant liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 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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How Newspaper Journalism Shaped "The Detective and Dorothy Day"

The guy in the middle hosts an annual picnic in the park at this time of year, where we three friends often meet up, and did yesterday. We got to know each other 21-plus years ago as reporters for the Daily/Sunday Gazette of Schenectady. I'm the one on the right, a generation older. The other two were single then, but are now married fathers -- as am I, though my children are long grown up. I

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Robert C. Conner wrote a new blog post How Newspaper Journalism Shaped "The Detective and Dorothy Day" The guy in the middle hosts an annual picnic in the park at this time of year, where we three friends often meet up, and did yesterday. We got to kn Read more of this blog post »
Aug 24, 2026 07:09AM · like
Robert Conner rated a book really liked it The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence	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
I'm re-reading The Rainbow after many years, in an old Penguin edition with a much less racy cover -- of a christening -- than the one illustrated here. It is unexpurgated, though, with some useful notes. It is, as I remembered, slow, sweeping throug ...more
Aug 21, 2026 09:10AM · like · see review
Robert Conner rated a book really liked it R.S. Thomas by R.S. Thomas	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
A 20th century Anglican minister in rural Wales, Thomas' poetic truths are often bleaker than you might expect, but with flashes of transcendent illumination -- literally in The Bright Field. I was raised in England by American parents, and my late si ...more
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Robert Conner made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Link James Montgomery book to my correct author profile topic " Thanks, Kim! "
Aug 18, 2026 10:18AM
Robert Conner made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Link James Montgomery book to my correct author profile topic " reposting to correct garble I have successfully claimed my author profile: Robert C. Conner https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... The book James Mon ...more "
May 30, 2026 05:14PM
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Robert Conner made a comment on Joseph’s review of James Montgomery: Abolitionist Warrior " I guess this is right place to reply to Joseph. Thanks to him and Larry below. "
May 19, 2026 05:28PM · see review
Robert Conner liked Larry Thill's review of James Montgomery: Abolitionist Warrior: "A Warrior for Freedom James Montgomery was a controversial and complex figure in the struggle to end slavery. As an early Kansa settler, he resisted the faction that wanted to make it a slave state. This was a perilous stand to take in pre-Civil War K" Read more of this review »
May 19, 2026 05:22PM · see review
Robert Conner and 2 other people liked Joseph's review of James Montgomery: Abolitionist Warrior: "A good effort at doing justice to this much maligned historical figure, this book was a long time coming. Being the first biography ever written on Montgomery, there is really nothing available to compare it to. There was a PhD. dissertation written " Read more of this review »
May 19, 2026 05:20PM · see review
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