Talk:Stephen Blumberg

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Huh?

"...over his being trapped in a Victorian Age."

What does this mean?

131.123.1.226 (talk) 06:40, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Plagiarism

This article is completely plagiarized from its source. It needs to be redone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.238.149.150 (talk) 21:06, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

A long stretch of it was essentially taken whole cloth from the external link. I removed that whole section for now, as it was unsalvageable as it was.

Note, also, that the sole source being used makes some errors. One of the most obvious ones is that it refers to the "infamous David Shim" (which was just copied into this article at one point, along with most everything else) who was previous the most successful U.S. book thief, but the individual in question was actually named James Shimm.

Sometime when somebody gets around to it, the following sources can be used for more information in filling out this article:

A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books by Nicholas A. Basbanes, ISBN 0805036539 (hardcover) or ISBN 0805061762 (paperback)
"The Compleat Collector; `Eccentric' Is Suspect in Rare Book Thefts" by David Maraniss, The Washington Post, April 1, 1990
"The Book Thief: a True Tale of Bibliomania." by Philip Weiss, Harper's Magazine, January 1, 1994

And, no doubt, many more. DreamGuy (talk) 16:48, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

tBlumberg today

where is he now & what has he been doing? 65.93.35.157 (talk) 21:20, 5 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

He's alive and well. Getting o 2601:19B:4203:49A0:C859:629:FF6B:A5B3 (talk) 09:22, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

getting old* 2601:19B:4203:49A0:C859:629:FF6B:A5B3 (talk) 09:25, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Middle Name

Is it "Carrie" or "Cary"? I find many sources for both. I think it's very unlikely that a male in the United States would have a middle name spelled "Carrie". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.103.86.213 (talk) 15:53, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Coincidentally I'm just now reading the final chapter of Basbanes' book on bibliophilia, and it's entirely devoted to the Blumberg case. Blumberg's middle name is indeed Carrie. His father urged him to use the more typically masculine spelling, "Cary," but Stephen insisted on "Carrie." That was the given name of both his great grandmother and her daughter, his grandmother, and he adored them. What isn't clear is which name is on his birth certificate. In any case,

Stephen chose to use the name "Carrie." PS: The Basbanes book, "A Gentle Madness," is a must-read for anyone interested in books and book collecting. 166.175.188.139 (talk) 22:42, 25 June 2016 (UTC)HelenChicago[reply]