McDermott, Hurt: Artifice, Ruse & Erdnase ©2012 Hurt McDermott Hardcover, no dj, 225 pages

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Contents (from book ToC):

9 Foreword
11 Author's Preface
13 Introduction: Erdnase's Identity And Why We Care

21 1 Erdnase In Chicago

33 2 Publication & Early Life
38 Survival & Spread

49 3 Genisis & Methodology
50 Genii Forums, Erdnase Thread
56 Methodology

63 4 The Men Who Are Not Erdnase (+ 1 Hopefully) Introducing The Candidates
64 1 The Paradoxical Candidate
70 2 The Complex Anagram
77 Part 2: Occam's Candidates
80 3 The Railroad Agent
86 4 The Confidence Man
89 5 The Printer’S Neighbor
90 The E.S. Andrews Brotherhood Of Writers
90 6 The First Serious Contender
92 7 The Presbyterian
95 8 The Edison Pioneer
96 The Expert At the Typewriter
97 Cheating According To Hoyle
99 9 Chicago Magicians
100 10 The Plagiarist
103 11 The German Connection
105 12 The Collaborator
106 13 The Tomb Of The Unknown Erdnase

109 5 Martin Gardner & Associates
114 Speak Memory
122 Marshall D. Smith
135 E.L. Pratt
145 MFA's Family Members

153 6 Erdnase's Testimony
170 Literary Analysis
172 Erdnase's Style

187 7 Questioned Documents

213 Epilog: Journey's End?
217 Select Bibliography
223 About The Author