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    Sunriver Books & Music: Mystery Book Club (January 4 at 18:30)
    Catskill Eagle by Robert Parker features one of the mystery genre’s most beloved detectives, Spencer. The Mystery Book Club should enjoy re-visiting one of the earlier Spencer novels, they are a treat. We have selected one from the series featuring Spencer, Susan and Hawk up to their eyebrows in action.
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    Robert B(rown) Parker (1) was born September 17, 1932, in Springfield, MA. He a B.A. in English from Colby College in Maine, in 1954, served as infantryman in Korea, and earned an M.A. in English from Boston University. in 1957. He held several jobs before enrolling in Boston University's PhD program, and then taught English at various colleges until 1978. He is married to the former Joan Hall; they have two sons. Parker has created private detectives Spenser, and Sunny Randall, and Police Chief Jesse Stone, each of whom is featured in an ongoing series. Their story lines occasionally intersect. He also writes an American Western series featuring Hitch and Cole, and has contributed to the Wyatt Earp saga with the novel Gunman's Rhapsody. Recently, he has written some young adult fiction as well.
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    There are at least three authors who have been credited by the name Robert Parker on this page.
    1) The main entry is Robert B. (Brown) Parker (1932-) who writes books about Spenser, Jesse Stone, Sunny Randall, and various other crime novels, westerns, and even a weight training book.
    2) Robert Bogardus Parker (1905-1955), WW2 war correspondent, wrote Headquarters Budapest, Ticket to Oblivion, and Passport to Peril.
    3) "Capitol Hill in Black and White" was written by 'the black former maitre d' of the Senate Dining Room'.
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