I, Libertine, the timeline
Jean Shepherd, most known for A Christmas Story, liked to buck the system. He invented a book title, I, Libertine, and asked listeners to go into bookshops to inquire about it. Read the whole saga
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1955 - Jean gets a job at WOR-RM, a radio station in New York City. (The Awl)
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October 16, 1955 - (Hammond Times)
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January 1956 - Jean is shifted to the graveyard shift (The Awl)
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April 1956 - Jean goes into the Doubleday Book Store for a book (WSJ)
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April 1956 - Jean solicits titles (WSJ)
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April 1956 - Jean instructs listeners to titles (WSJ)
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August 1, 1956 - Wall Street Journal exposes the joke
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September 13, 1956 - hastily written book released
