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Jack Richard Salamanca (born December 20, 1922, in St. Petersburg, Florida - October 30, 2013, in Potomac, Maryland) was an American writer and professor emeritus at the University of Maryland.
Oct 30, 2013 · Salamanca is best known for his 1961 bestseller Lilith. Salamanca is the author of the novels The Lost Country (1958) Lilith (1961), A sea change (1969), Embarkation (1973) Southern Light (1986) and That Summe. J.R. (Jack Richard) Salamanca was a Maryland-based novelist born in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1922.
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Jack Richard Salamanca was an American writer and professor emeritus at the University of Maryland. His first novel, The Lost Country (1958), was made into Wild in the Country, a 1961 film starring Elvis Presley; his second, Lilith, was filmed as Lilith in 1964, starring Warren Beatty.
Dec 27, 2022 · J. R. SALAMANCA. I wrote to Salamanca, then a professor at the University of Maryland, to let him know how deeply his work had affected me and was thrilled to hear back from him.
Few people nowadays have heard of J.R. Salamanca, although apparently Lilith made quite a splash back in the '60s. This is a deeply creepy, unsettling novel that has a way of sneaking up on you.
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Jul 24, 2000 · Early one morning, J.R. (Jack) Salamanca and his wife, Mimi, were sleeping in the bedroom of their suburban Maryland townhouse when a spark traveled from the basement fireplace--where a...
J.R. Salamanca. 4.00. 9 ratings1 review. New Alfred A. Knopf,, 1986.. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's fifth novel (the first novel after a 13 year delay), a haunting love story, set on a small island in Chesapeake Bay. 675 pp. Genres Fiction. 675 pages, Hardcover. First published February 12, 1986.
