Some authors are wildly successful for a while, maybe even a long while; and yet they and their books wind up slowly fading away. If you’ve ever read a best-seller list from 100 years ago, you’ll be amazed at the number of famous books you never heard of.
Here’s a corny cover of The Viking, by Edison Marshall. Just for the record, vikings did not wear horns on their helmets. And dig the 35-cent price! This particular edition now sells for $300.
Since I wrote this in 2011, Patty and I have been able to complete our collection of Arthur Upfield’s “Bony” novels. It seems readers simply won’t let them fade away. You can still find most of them on amazon.com at reasonable prices.