Interesting Facts James Silberman was a principal editor for Frank Yerby from 1952 until 1963. He worked on: The Devil's Laughter Benton's Row The Treasure of Pleasant Valley Captain Rebel Fairoaks The Serpent and the Staff Jarret's Jade Gillian The Garfield Honor and Griffin's Way Bride of Liberty which was also written during this time was not published by Dial Press. Silberman believes that by returning the gold to the ground in The Treasure of Pleasant Valley, Yerby was rejecting his own financial success. Robert Cornfield while working for Dial Press in the 1970s edited two of Yerby's Books, The Dahomean and A Girl From Storyville *********** Yerby Articles on the Internet submitted by Wolfgang Dick of Switzerland http://www.etnografo.com/frank_yerby_entrevista.htm http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-523 http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0DXK/is_19_21/ai_n8964649 Although the first article is in Spanish, it is well worth the reading and very revealing ... A translation is now available thanks to Charmaine Robinson ***************
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