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Does anyone remember "Baa Baa Black Sheep", a TV show in the 70s starring Robert Conrad as Pappy Boyington? We got in an unusual donation through the -- (edited)

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Dec 28 '20, 20:39

book drop this past weekend.

Some donated a large amount of books about aviation this weekend. Included was a copy of Baa Baa Black Sheep by Boyington. I opened it up and found it was autographed by Boyington. While a first edition, it was a seventeenth printing so I don't think it is worth any money.

However, I still think it is cool. If the director decides not to accept it for our Idaho collection (Boyington was from Idaho) then it generally goes to the Friends of the Library for their book sale.

They sell books to raise extra funds for the library; $1 for a hardback and $0.50 for paperbacks. If it ends up in that pile, I'll just throw a buck in the jar and take it home with me.

Also, somewhat offbeat, someone donated a whole bunch of books about Buddhism and vegetarianism.

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Very cool. -- nm - ♤Spawn♤ Dec 28, 22:20
My dad belonged to a military book-of-the-month group, and those were pretty much the only books we had in the house growing up. - Meg Dec 28, 21:36 2
- I also have 'somewhere' Frank Borman's autobiography that I bought after meeting him at the flying school. Can't remember if I had him sign it. -- nm* - Meg Dec 28, 22:00
- this is the art Disney did for the flyers at Luft Stalag III -- (pic) - Peglegpete Dec 28, 21:41 [Attachment]
Great show. I bet the book is pretty interesting. -- nm - zunkskunk+ Dec 28, 21:19 1
- I had a paperback copy as a kid when the show was on. I remember a part of it telling how he and a friend almost got killed in Mexico. - crash davis Dec 28, 21:22
Donated book collections are fun. People's interests are surely diverse. Finding $20 bills used as bookmarks is even more fun :) -- nm - Meg Dec 28, 21:10 1
- It hasn't happened to me yet, but all the other librarians say it happens. -- nm - crash davis Dec 28, 21:24
Fun little show....good cast -- (link) - Remlik Dec 28, 20:57 [youtube] 2
- interesting story of Boyington and the guy who shot him down.... -- (link) - Remlik Dec 28, 21:03 1
  - that was a good read, thanks -- nm - crash davis Dec 28, 21:20
"I TRIED! GOD HELP ME I TRIED!" -- nm - Mop Dec 28, 20:46
I loved the show -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 28, 20:45 2
- I liked it enough that I pestered the crud out of my dad to buy a plastic model kit of a F4U Corsair down at the drugstore. -- nm* - crash davis Dec 28, 20:59 1
  - the show certainly was a factor when I first learned I could buy original Disney WW II art in the late 1980's -- (pic) - Peglegpete Dec 28, 21:09 [Attachment]
completes ebay sales for a signed copy of the book are $30-50 for most, a few sell up to $80 -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 28, 20:45 2
- It is a personalized message to a Robbie. Do you know if that detracts from the value of an autograph? -- nm - crash davis Dec 28, 20:47 1
  - not enough to mean anything. this'll be bought by a war collector or a fan of the show probably -- nm - Peglegpete Dec 28, 20:53
I remember the show, although I never watched it. I was more a Supertrain/Quark/Pink Lady and Jeff kinda kid - Edward Havens, Host of The FilmJerk Podcast Dec 28, 20:41 1
- I was just looking up when Robert Conrad died because it seems like years ago. It was February. This year really did blow -- nm - crash davis Dec 28, 20:43

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