Maura McMillan (mmcm@azstarnet.com)
Wed, 22 Dec 1999 10:27:30 -0700
thanks for the clarification -
i figure hoss manucy was a klan member-law-enforcer bigot in
st. augustine, where cape fear was set, hence willeford's
reference to clean sheets.
At 11:17 AM 12/22/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>I'm not able to a full tilt reference librarian
search at the moment -
>but I think he was active in St. Augustine during the
Civil Rights
>movement.
>I found a reference in Andrew Young's book Easy
Burden:
>
>"when we reached the point almost a block away from
the slave market,
>Hoss Manucy and his gang, the Ancient City Gun Club
were waiting for us.
>. ."
>
http://www.accessatlanta.com/global/local/yall/culture/quill/young/young6.h
tml
>
>and another brief reference:
>http://huc.edu/news/vorspan.html
>
>Since I've managed to emerge briefly - I've updated
the 2000 hot lists
>on Overbooked - (Hey, Terrill - new Stephen Hunter
this spring!).
>http://www.overbooked.org/hotmyst.html
>
>Cordially,
>Ann~Overbooked http://www.overbooked.org/
>
>> In a Willeford essay on John D. Macdonald that I
was reading over
>> today, W. writes, about a hat Robert Mitchum
wore in Cape Fear,
>> "tilted back, pushed forward, and fiddled with,
the hat made Mitchum
>> mean enough to join up with Hoss Manucy the
moment his clean sheets
>> came back from the laundry."
>
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