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<p>Created page with &quot;&lt;includeonly&gt; {{#switch: {{{1|}}} | 1408 = Short story by Stephen King; haunted hotel room tale | A Death in the Family = Novel by James Agee; autobiographical family tragedy | A Perfect Crime = Novel by Peter Abrahams; suspense thriller | A Separate Peace = Novel by John Knowles; boarding-school friendship and betrayal | A Walk in the Woods = Travel memoir by Bill Bryson; Appalachian Trail hike | Alan Breck = Fictional swordsman in Robert Louis Stevenson’s &quot;Kidn...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&lt;includeonly&gt;<br /> {{#switch: {{{1|}}}<br /> | 1408 = Short story by Stephen King; haunted hotel room tale<br /> | A Death in the Family = Novel by James Agee; autobiographical family tragedy<br /> | A Perfect Crime = Novel by Peter Abrahams; suspense thriller<br /> | A Separate Peace = Novel by John Knowles; boarding-school friendship and betrayal<br /> | A Walk in the Woods = Travel memoir by Bill Bryson; Appalachian Trail hike<br /> | Alan Breck = Fictional swordsman in Robert Louis Stevenson’s &quot;Kidnapped&quot;<br /> | Al Kooper = American musician and producer<br /> | All-Story Draft = Fast first-draft approach focused on story over polish<br /> | All-TIME 100 Nonfiction = TIME magazine list of notable nonfiction books<br /> | American Booksellers Convention = U.S. book industry trade event<br /> | Amy Tan = American novelist; Rock Bottom Remainders vocalist<br /> | Bangor = City in Maine<br /> | Barbara Kingsolver = American novelist and essayist; Rock Bottom Remainders keyboardist<br /> | Bethel = Town in Maine<br /> | Bill Bryson = British-American travel writer<br /> | Blood and Smoke = Stephen King audiobook collection featuring short stories<br /> | Bram Stoker Award for Nonfiction = Horror Writers Association nonfiction award<br /> | Bryan Smith = Driver in Stephen King’s 1999 roadside accident<br /> | Bullet = Rottweiler owned by Bryan Smith<br /> | Central Maine Medical Center = Hospital in Lewiston, Maine<br /> | Chuck Verrill = American book editor for Stephen King<br /> | Clifford D. Simak = American science fiction writer<br /> | Combat Casey = American war comic book series<br /> | C.V. = Curriculum vitae; résumé-style biographical summary<br /> | Dave Barry = American humorist; guitarist in Rock Bottom Remainders<br /> | Dean Koontz = American suspense novelist<br /> | Dodge = American automobile brand<br /> | Dr. David Brown = Orthopedic surgeon who reconstructed King’s leg<br /> | Dune = Science fiction novel by Frank Herbert<br /> | Durham, Maine = Town in Maine<br /> | E. B. White = American essayist; coauthor of &quot;The Elements of Style&quot;<br /> | Edward Anderson = American novelist; wrote &quot;You Play the Black and the Red Comes Up&quot;<br /> | Fifth Avenue = Major avenue in Manhattan, New York City<br /> | Frank Herbert = American science fiction author<br /> | Fryeburg = Town in Maine<br /> | Full Throttle = Joe Hill short story collection<br /> | From a Buick Eight = Novel by Stephen King<br /> | Guy Pillsbury = Stephen King’s grandfather<br /> | Heart of Darkness = Novella by Joseph Conrad<br /> | Hearts in Atlantis = Novel by Stephen King<br /> | Hotel Dolphin = Fictional New York hotel in &quot;1408&quot;<br /> | Igloo = American cooler and drinkware brand<br /> | J. B. Rhine = American parapsychologist; ESP researcher<br /> | James Agee = American novelist and journalist<br /> | Jim Thompson = American crime novelist<br /> | Joe Hill = American writer; Stephen King’s son<br /> | John Prine = American singer-songwriter<br /> | Joseph Conrad = Polish-British novelist<br /> | Kathi Kamen Goldmark = American publicist and musician; Rock Bottom Remainders founder<br /> | Kidnapped = Novel by Robert Louis Stevenson<br /> | Lewiston = City in Maine<br /> | LifeFlight = Emergency medical helicopter transport service<br /> | Lights Out = Thriller novel by Peter Abrahams<br /> | Lisbon High = Public high school in Maine<br /> | Locus Award for Best Non-fiction = Locus magazine annual nonfiction award<br /> | Mary Karr = American memoirist and poet<br /> | Miami Beach = City in Florida<br /> | Michael Connelly = American crime novelist<br /> | Mike Enslin = Protagonist of Stephen King’s &quot;1408&quot;<br /> | Mr. Rabbit Trick = Fictional white bunny in King’s childhood story<br /> | Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King = Stephen King’s mother<br /> | Night and Day = Popular song frequently performed as a standard<br /> | Northern Cumberland Hospital = Hospital referenced in King’s accident account<br /> | Olin = Hotel manager in Stephen King’s &quot;1408&quot;<br /> | OR = Operating room; hospital surgical theater<br /> | Ostermeyer = Draft surname for the hotel manager in &quot;1408&quot;<br /> | Owen King = American writer; Stephen King’s son<br /> | Pat Barker = British novelist<br /> | Paul Bowles = American writer and composer<br /> | Peter Abrahams = American thriller novelist<br /> | Porter Square Books = Independent bookstore in Massachusetts<br /> | Prout’s Neck = Coastal neighborhood in Scarborough, Maine<br /> | Raymond Carver = American short story writer and poet<br /> | Regeneration trilogy = World War I novels by Pat Barker<br /> | Ridley Pearson = American author; Rock Bottom Remainders bassist<br /> | Ring Around the Sun = Science fiction novel by Clifford D. Simak<br /> | Ringling Brothers = American traveling circus company<br /> | Robert Fulghum = American author and humorist<br /> | Robert Louis Stevenson = Scottish novelist and travel writer<br /> | Roger Clemens = American baseball pitcher<br /> | Rock Bottom Remainders = Writers’ rock band formed in the early 1990s<br /> | Route 5 = State highway in Maine and New Hampshire<br /> | Schanz pins = Orthopedic external fixation screws or pins<br /> | Scribner = American publishing imprint<br /> | Sixty-first Street = East 61st Street in Manhattan, New York City<br /> | Somerville, Massachusetts = City in Greater Boston<br /> | Somerville Theatre = Historic theater in Somerville, Massachusetts<br /> | Stephen King = American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense<br /> | Tabitha = American writer; Stephen King’s wife<br /> | T. Coraghessan Boyle = American novelist and short story writer<br /> | The Elements of Style = Writing style guide by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White<br /> | The Fellowship of the Ring = Fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien<br /> | The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon = Novel by Stephen King<br /> | The Grifters = Crime novel by Jim Thompson<br /> | The Guardian = British national newspaper<br /> | The Institute = Novel by Stephen King<br /> | The Liars’ Club = Memoir by Mary Karr<br /> | The Poet = Crime novel by Michael Connelly<br /> | The Sheltering Sky = Novel by Paul Bowles<br /> | The Tortilla Curtain = Novel by T. Coraghessan Boyle<br /> | TIME = American news magazine<br /> | War and Peace = Novel by Leo Tolstoy<br /> | Watchers = Thriller novel by Dean Koontz<br /> | Where I’m Calling From = Short story collection by Raymond Carver<br /> | William Strunk Jr. = American grammarian; coauthor of &quot;The Elements of Style&quot;<br /> | Winslow Homer = American painter<br /> | Wisconsin = U.S. state<br /> | You Play the Black and the Red Comes Up = Noir novel by Edward Anderson<br /> | #default = Hi reader, have a great day! 😎<br /> }}<br /> &lt;/includeonly&gt;&lt;noinclude&gt;{{documentation}}&lt;/noinclude&gt;</div>

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