At the very outset, those who were expected to contribute materials were scattered over much of the Western Hemisphere, and to reach The new historian early associated with him the former one, and dividing the work between them, the result has been the present volume.įew persons can comprehend the great labor and difficulties attending the preparation of a work of this kind.

At the annual reunion of the surviving comrades in 1875, another historian was selected, new auxiliary committees created, and an impetus given which promised success. But little progress was made, and as the years passed by and the work was not accomplished, or even fairly commenced, other appointments were made, but without satisfactory results. A historian was appointed, and committees from each company selected to assist in the collection of material, and to collate and prepare it for the press. They, many years ago, inaugurated measures looking to the collection of the annals of the Regiment, and their publication. In the presentation of our History of the Thirty-Sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteers, to the public, we have no apologies to offer for what may seem an intrusion, in adding another volume to the already overburdened 'literature of the war.' The survivors of the 'Old Thirty-Sixth' have long felt the want of such a work, for one among many other reasons, to correct the errors and to supply the omissions of the general historian. His search leads him everywhere from a Harlem dope joint to a boxers' hangout, with.William M. Johnny is given forty-eight hours and a free hand by the police to check on other blackmailers of Bare Facts. Next day she is found dead in his apartment, and someone has obviously lent a helping hand since there is a bullet hole in the back of his skull. Unfortunately for Johnny's peace of mind, impetuous Celeste goes off herself to see Murray Carter, the unattractive publisher of the unattractive periodical.

She is willing to pay for pictures and films, and Johnny sets off to get them back. Everything was going swimmingly for Celeste until she was blackmailed by Bare Facts, a magazine which had some bare facts about Celeste from her girl-in-the-pie period. But life was never less quiet for him than after he was called in by Celeste Pierce, a redhead who is giving several famous bosomy blondes a run for their money. 'Johnny Liddell, private investigator, is not accustomed to a quiet life.

Poisons Unknown by Frank Kane