>>>>>>The character of Jason Bourne was created by Robert Ludlum about 30 years ago.
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>>>>>IIRC think The Bourne Identity was the first in the series. I read that book in the early 80's.
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>>>>And I think that may have been back in the day when Robert Ludlum books were written by Robert Ludlum.
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>>>Eventually, all books will be written either by Eric Van Lustbader or Max Allen Collins. Of course, I've never met either of them, so they may even be the same person.
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>>I rather like Collins. Right now I'm reading Black Hats (Wyatt Earp and Al Capone) which he wrote as Patrick Culhane.
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>Wyatt Earp and Al Capone? Now there are two names you don't usually see together.
But not far-fetched - remember Earp died in 1922 ( he was a sportswriter in Chicago at the time I believe)
Bat Masterson had a whole career in NY. ( and George Patton started dreaming his military dreams and developed his tactical style from his childhood listening to Confederate cavalry officers who'd been with Stuart and Mosby )
Like they say, history is just nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once ;-)
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