John Bennett Shaw Remembered.
Edited by Jim Hawkins.
Almost 30 years after his death, John Bennett Shaw continues to be a monumental presence in the Sherlockian world. He was one of the most vocal and exuberant enthusiasts for building lasting scion societies and creating friendships within the Sherlockian family. His zeal for Holmes was contagious, and it pervades our world still.
With the 2023 BSJ Christmas Annual, the editors hope to honor and remember John Shaw and capture the joy he found in reading, discussing, sharing, and collecting Sherlock Holmes.
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This BSJ 2023 Christmas Annual was published as part of a subscription to the 2023 Baker Street Journal.
While this issue is no longer available, you can get copies of some prior Christmas Annuals.
Table of Contents
Introduction
by Jim Hawkins.
“Let me Recommend This Book”
by Peter E. Blau.
John Bennett Shaw and the Adventuresses
by Evelyn Herzog.
The John Bennett Shaw I Knew
by Jim Hawkins.
The Artist and the Collector
by Jeff Decker.
The Evolution of the Shaw 100: “Collecting Happiness”
by Catherine Cooke.
The Basic Holmesian Library
by John Bennett Shaw.
John Bennett Shaw, Collector
by Georgia Flaten Shaw.
The Dynamics of a Shavian Universe: Founding and Evolution of the John Bennett Shaw Collection at the University of Minnesota
by Timothy Johnson.
Present at the Creation: Shaw’s 1977 Notre Dame Workshop
by Steven Doyle.
John Bennett Shaw Comes to Williamsburg; or, “Hey Kids, Let’s Put on a Workshop!”
by Ray Betzner.
JBS at Home
by Patrick Shaw.
Whodunit?
Related Information
For all Christmas Annuals through 2011, get the eBSJ PDF Archive.
Printed copies for a few other years are still available.
List of BSJ Christmas Annuals (contents & covers)
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