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WHY BRING BACK “HURRICANE BILLY”? By NAT SEGALOFFSpecial to BearManor Media ©2026 Nat Segaloff     Lunching at the Algonquin round table in the 1920s, critic Alexander Woollcott, who had just  published a book, wistfully mused, “What is so rare as an Alexander Woollcott first edition?” Tired of his bravado, columnist Franklin Pierce Adams shot back, “An Alexander Woollcott second edition.”   (Amazon affiliate link above)              In the publishing world, a second edition differs from a second printing in that the latter is merely an additional press run dictated by sales, whereas the former offers the author the chance...