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Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection consists of three versions of Brinig’s unpublished memoir. John Farrar of Rhinehart and Farrar was Brinig's original editor. The older version is titled “Someone at the Door: Memoirs of an Outsider." In 1981, Brinig brought this memoir to Earl Ganz to edit for publication. They titled the updated version “Love from a Stranger." Both manuscripts recount Brinig’s Jewish heritage, his early life as a writer and work in the Hollywood film industry and his time spent in...