User contributions for Xpaperboy
A user with 36 edits. Account created on 12 December 2010.
6 November 2023
- 12:0512:05, 6 November 2023 diff hist +1 m Bill Steigerwald I am Bill Steigerwald. I removed the Victoria Restaurant/bartending reference -- it had the wrong dates anyway. Plus I added where my archives are located.
21 August 2021
- 17:0217:02, 21 August 2021 diff hist +1 m Ray Sprigle No edit summary
- 17:0017:00, 21 August 2021 diff hist +559 Ray Sprigle Fred -- I made a number of small changes, added information that I know to be true from my research, (such as correcting his OSU experience), cut some repeated information and tried as best I could to smooth out the writing without having to add new references, etc, which I'm not comfortable doing. Until I read the cite carefully, I didn't realize there were mistakes or that it needed to be edited. Hope I didn't cause you trouble. Thanks.
- 15:2415:24, 21 August 2021 diff hist +293 User talk:C.Fred →Ray Sprigle, John Wesley Dobbs citations
- 14:5714:57, 21 August 2021 diff hist 0 User talk:C.Fred →Ray Sprigle, John Wesley Dobbs citations
- 14:5314:53, 21 August 2021 diff hist +2,357 User talk:C.Fred →Ray Sprigle, John Wesley Dobbs citations: new section
20 August 2021
- 19:1519:15, 20 August 2021 diff hist +252 Ray Sprigle Sorry to cause trouble, but I wrote a book for Lyons Press about Sprigle and his journey into the 1948 Jim Crow South. '30 Days a Black Man' should be listed here. (I don't know how to add it.) It's the definitive account of his trip and the source of much of the information here. info at: https://clips.substack.com/p/exposing-old-jim-crow-1948 Tag: Reverted
24 May 2021
- 02:1402:14, 24 May 2021 diff hist +1 Black No More No edit summary
22 March 2021
- 13:4613:46, 22 March 2021 diff hist +23 m Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Added my name to list of PG staffers -- I'd like to add my Lyons Press book about the PG's greatest reporter, Ray Sprigle, and his historic undercover mission into the Jim Crow South in 1948 but I don't know how to do it. It contains lots of P-G history. This is the 2017 book, on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/30-Days-Black-Man-Forgotten/dp/1493026186
14 December 2020
- 23:5123:51, 14 December 2020 diff hist +320 m Black Like Me I am Bill Steigerwald, author of '30 Days a Black Man,' and I inserted some facts about Ray Sprigle's 1948 series. Not sure how to add the link, or if it is ok to do so: https://www.amazon.com/30-Days-Black-Man-Forgotten/dp/1493026186
3 October 2020
- 15:1715:17, 3 October 2020 diff hist +136 m John Steinbeck I fixed the spelling of Jackson Benson's last name (it's 'on' not 'en') and I added a reference to my book 'Dogging Steinbeck,' which changed the way 'Travels with Charley' will be read forever, is for sale on Amazon and is referenced favorably in the new Steinbeck bio, "Mad at the World" by William Souder.
18 November 2013
- 12:1412:14, 18 November 2013 diff hist +13 John Steigerwald brother bill inserted correct birthdate
25 October 2013
- 15:5515:55, 25 October 2013 diff hist +90 John Steigerwald No edit summary
- 15:4715:47, 25 October 2013 diff hist +1 John Steigerwald No edit summary
- 15:4615:46, 25 October 2013 diff hist +1,456 John Steigerwald more detail; more fairness: John S never said his column was "poorly written" as deleted SF Weekly blogger's headline/article said; John S said it was interpreted as such by some people; big difference.
23 October 2013
- 22:4822:48, 23 October 2013 diff hist +181 Travels with Charley →Accuracy critique: I've added a few words to clarify, plus the word "heavily" instead of "partly"; edits to this page have significantly/unfairly watered down the degree of fictionalization, deceit and dishonestly I found when doing my research.
23 May 2013
- 10:4610:46, 23 May 2013 diff hist +21 m Newsweek →Contributors and reporters
15 May 2013
- 11:1311:13, 15 May 2013 diff hist +250 Travels with Charley adjust first reference to fictionalized allegations to reflect "Charley's" publisher's disclaimer, which is mentioned later.
18 April 2013
- 00:3300:33, 18 April 2013 diff hist +1 m Travels with Charley →Dogging Steinbeck
17 April 2013
- 23:0923:09, 17 April 2013 diff hist +1,621 Travels with Charley →Dogging Steinbeck: I have added the disclaimers professor Jay Parini inserted into the latest edition of "Charley," which admit to readers that Steinbeck fictionalized the book to a great extent.
13 April 2013
- 15:3715:37, 13 April 2013 diff hist +25 Travels with Charley →Part Two
- 15:3415:34, 13 April 2013 diff hist +342 Travels with Charley →Part One
- 15:1915:19, 13 April 2013 diff hist +182 Travels with Charley →Part Two
- 14:3214:32, 13 April 2013 diff hist 0 m Travels with Charley →Part Two
11 April 2013
- 18:5218:52, 11 April 2013 diff hist +3 m Travels with Charley →Part Two
- 18:2818:28, 11 April 2013 diff hist +122 m Travels with Charley →Part Four
- 18:2318:23, 11 April 2013 diff hist +14 m Travels with Charley →Part Three
- 18:2118:21, 11 April 2013 diff hist −31 Travels with Charley →Part Three
- 17:5917:59, 11 April 2013 diff hist +5 m Travels with Charley i made a lot of changes for style and clarity and fact and removed a great deal extraneous/silly/subjective stuff. The description (and commentary) of the book really was not good.
- 17:5617:56, 11 April 2013 diff hist −4,071 Travels with Charley i made a lot of changes for style and clarity and fact and removed a great deal extraneous/silly/subjective stuff. The description (and commentary) of the book really was not good.
10 January 2013
- 15:0415:04, 10 January 2013 diff hist +1,761 Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Books No edit summary
- 15:0115:01, 10 January 2013 diff hist 0 m Talk:Travels with Charley →Latest news on lack of veracity of Travels With Charley -- Penguin Group confesses
- 15:0015:00, 10 January 2013 diff hist +1,761 Talk:Travels with Charley →Latest news on lack of veracity of Travels With Charley -- Penguin Group confesses: new section
14 December 2010
- 03:1503:15, 14 December 2010 diff hist +1,499 User talk:Sbharris →"Travels With Charley" fact-checking issue--: new section
12 December 2010
- 18:1518:15, 12 December 2010 diff hist +1,133 Talk:John Steinbeck →Edit request from Xpaperboy, 12 December 2010: new section
- 17:4917:49, 12 December 2010 diff hist +202 m Travels with Charley added link to the blog I wrote for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette during and after a 43-day retracing of Steinbeck's "Charley" trip, which I did as a journalist.
