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Searching for just the right words: 'Literary prospector' mines the past for forgotten works by famous authors
From: Sunday Gazette-Mail
Date: 20060101
Author:Beth Rucker
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. - Steve Hines spends hours camped out at the Nashville Public Library, poring through century-old reference books and magazines, looking for obscure works by famous authors.
He's motivated by more than just a love of literature.
Hines is hoping to find and publish stories by writers such as Louisa May Alcott and Laura Ingalls Wilder - not the famous novels like "Little Women" or "Little House on the Prairie," but lesser- known work that still appeals to die-hard fans.
Copyright for most books and stories published in the United States before 1978 expires after 75 years, ...
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