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Jimmy Lavender

 * ... that author Vincent Starrett used Chicago Cubs pitcher Jimmy Lavender (pictured) name as inspiration behind his detective of the same name in the 1944 compilation The Case Book of Jimmie Lavender?
 * Reviewed: Sdu

Created/expanded by Neonblak (talk). Self nominated at 15:04, 12 August 2013 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg Expansion of more than 5X on Aug. 12 has been confirmed.  Hook is short enough (barely) and interesting enough. Hook is properl sourced.  QPQ has been completed.  Photo has a public domain license on Wikimedia Commons.  Article appears, based on spot-checking, to be compliant with core policies including copyvio and plagiarism. Cbl62 (talk) 18:00, 13 August 2013 (UTC)