Ep. 292: Chewbacco and the Avengables

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Steve mentions reading this novel and references a detail about Wild Bill Hickok's dead man's hand (aces and eights), specifically discussing what the fifth card was. He notes the book says it was the seven of hearts.

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Someone mentions that a person was reading this book, using it as an example of how reading unusual or 'not normal things' as a writer gives you broader perspective and more to pull from.

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Steve discusses this book by the late writer Duncan Gilchrist in the mail segment. He notes these were self-published books that are now rare and expensive, sometimes selling for around a thousand dollars.

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Steve received a fresh copy of this rare book from Australia with no note. It's another self-published work by Duncan Gilchrist that has become expensive and hard to find.

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Jared mentions this book written by a professor at the University of Louisville who has researched smokeless tobacco for thirty years. The book argues that smokeless tobacco has much lower health risks than cigarettes.