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How Bill Keys Was Freed by the Court of Last Resort
In the midst of the Roaring Twenties, a stout young man was a Ventura, California, attorney by trade. Although Erle Stanley Gardner immersed himself in juris prudence, he found that to make ends meet he needed what millennials nowadays call a “side hustle.” Writing fiction suited the gent’s keen wit, colorful oration and flair for…