The Unknown Lovecraft

New York: Hippocampus Press, 2009. Trade paperback, Fine,. Barbara Briggs Silbert. New York: Hippocampus Press:, 2009. Trade paperback, Fine, 253 pp.<br/> Cover artwork by: Barbara Briggs Silbert An as new copy. "For nearly forty years, Kenneth W. Faig, Jr. has been a leading authority on Lovecraft. He has devoted his career to probing obscure corners of Lovecraft's life, and the life of his immediate and distant ancestors. In this hefty collection of essays written over many years, Faig presents the results of his diligent research. We find an exhaustive account of Lovecraft's paternal and maternal ancestry; a detailed investigation of his grandfather's work with the Owyhee Land and Irrigation Company; studies of Lovecraft's involvement in amateur journalism; and two substantial essays on the life and work of Lovecraft's literary executor, Robert H. Barlow."