Hunting Buffalo With Bent Nails - Lawrence Block

While He Is Probably Best Known As A Novelist And Short-story Writer, Lawrence Block Has Produced A Rich Trove Of Nonfiction Over The Course Of A Sixty-year Career. His Instructional Books For Writers Are Leaders In The Field, And His Self-described Pedestrian Memoir, Step By Step, Has Found A Loyal Audience In The Running And Racewalking Community.over The Years, Block Has Written Extensively For Magazines And Periodicals. Generally Speaking Collects His Philatelic Columns From Linns Stamp News, While His Extensive Observations Of Crime Fiction, Along With Personal Glimpses Of Some Of Its Foremost Practitioners, Have Won Wide Acclaim In Book Form As The Crime Of Our Lives.hunting Buffalo With Bent Nails Is What Hes Got Left Over.the Title Piece, Originally Published In American Heritage, Recounts The Ongoing Adventure Block And His Wife Undertook, Crisscrossing The United States And Parts Of Canada In Their Quixotic And Exotic Quest To Find Every Village, Hamlet, And Wide Place In The Road Named Buffalo.