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Bumppo,
Attorney at
Law, Box
413, Brownsville
KY 42210,
U.S.A.,270-597-2187, bumppo@borfents.com (fax modem disengaged).
A.B., Indiana University, 1962;
J.D., Northwestern University, 1973.
Born June 16, 1940, Rushville, Indiana, sub nom John Edwin
Dean;
changed
name to Nathaniel John Balthazar Bumppo, 1974 (see June, 1975, issue of
Esquire magazine).
Married five times (divorced only four).
Two children.
( Borf Books, 2005), available also as an audio book
Jadwiga Stories (Borf, 2011)
The Indiana Torture Slaying
(2d ed., Borf, 1999)[original edition Bee-Line Books, 1966;
republished as House of Evil by St. Martin's Press, 2008)]
Ideas for a Better America (Borf, 1980)
The Columbus Book of Euchre (Borf, 1982, 1999)
Lonely Hearts (Borf, 1992)
"Dear sir (you cur):" (Borf, 1997)
and articles including “The Summer of New Mexico & the Acid Cowboys,”
Rolling Stone (July 9, 1970); “Why I’d Rather Be Natty Bumppo than
John Dean (Wouldn’t Everybody?),”
Esquire
(June, 1975);“Cribbage Solitaire” (published only on line),
and“A Fable: The Case of the Half-Rotten Apple” (1993), in War Stories.
Editor & publisher, A Rug Before My Time: The Memoirs of Pecker
the Cat (Borf, 1982);
The
Sackbut Tapes (Borf, 1998), and theweekly internet newsletter Tabloid Headlines. (back to top)
Reporter, Terre Haute Star, 1960; Associated Press, 1962-1963;
Indianapolis
Star, 1963-1967 (first beard in city room, 1967);
Detroit News, 1969.
Indianapolis Press Club Award for Consistently Outstanding Reporting, 1967.
Copy editor, Indianapolis Star, 1967; Chicago Sun-Times, 1967-1968,
1969-1974; San Francisco Examiner, 1968; Detroit Free Press, 1969.
Bartender, Golden Horse Shoe saloon, Oakland, Calif., 1968.
Candygram delivery man, Western Union, San Francisco, Valentine’s Day, 1969.
Mail order minister, Universal Life Church (bonded to perform marriages), 1974 - .
Composer of
“Redneck
Breakfast,”
“Arkansas
Gate,” “The Junction,” “Bertie's Girls,”“The Cubs Is Dead” and other greatfolk and country songs that haven’t exactly
busted the charts
(the first two links are to short primitive movies; the third is toa song with story, photos and map, and the last two are YouTubes).
A song about Bumppo.
A movie starring Bumppo.
Placed 7th in old time banjo competition at Official Kentucky Old Time Fiddlers Contest, 1983.
Articles about Bumppo on line:
In the Amplifier
(with video interview);
in the Louisville Courier-Journal,
and in Eric Shackle’s e-book from Oz: Here,
here and here.
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“Bumppo’s greatest lasting contribution to his chosen
field is likely to lie lication "Dear sir (you cur):", including correspondence over the incorporation of New Year’s Eve Inc. with the Kentucky Secretary of State (who was fucking with the corporation’s future), and in his War Stories: The Memoirs of a Country Lawyer (2005). |
“The Law East of the Pecos”
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