Dear Breedlove listers, Last night I was reading a biograpy of Houdini, when a Herbert O. Breedlove showed up. He was a Chicago spiritualist, pastor of the Mission of Love on Dearborn street, who tried (unsuccessfully) to sue Houdini for libel in 1926. He said Houdini listed his name outside a theater as a "fraudulent" spiritualist, Houdini said Breedlove was not on the list. It's in _Houdini, the untold story_ by Milbourne Christopher (1969) Thomas Y. Crowell Co., New York., pg 226-227. I thought some of Herbert O. Breedlove's descendants might be on this list and would enjoy knowing about this reference. The author doesn't say so, but one interpretation is that Breedlove did not use tricks, which would explain why Houdini was not willing to denounce him (certainly Houdini had no hesitation publicly denouncing other spiritualists as frauds). This got me to thinking about the use of the name "Breedlove" in other books, including fiction. I know a fictional Breedlove appears in Kurt Vonnegut's _Breakfast of Champions_ (a minor bad guy), in Larry McMurtry's _Terms of Endearment_ (a complicated good guy), and Tony Hillerman's _Fallen Man_(a murder victim) (titles approximate, from memory). Do any of you know of other fictional Breedloves? It might be a fun list to compile. Cheers, Marc Breedlove ***************************** S. Marc Breedlove Psychology Department 3210 Tolman Hall; MC1650 University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-1650 (510) 642-8615; fax: 642-5293 breedsm@socrates.berkeley.edu http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/psychology/breedbio.htm