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Father Mabbley's nickname ... was Queen Mab

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elms you used to see shading Calumet Avenue in the days before the blight

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 == Other reading ==
-* [http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-businessman University of Minnesota Press page] for their edition
+* [https://reactormag.com/guided-tour-supernatural-minnesota-businessman/ University of Minnesota Press page] for their edition {{InternetArchive|date=October 27, 2020}}
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20180714223409/http://www.ukjarry1.talktalk.net/bus.htm Matthew Davis's page] for the book {{InternetArchive|date=July 4, 2018}}
-* [https://www.tor.com/2010/11/08/guided-tour-supernatural-minnesota-businessman/ Review and discussion] by Ron Hogan on tor.com
+* [https://reactormag.com/guided-tour-supernatural-minnesota-businessman/ Review and discussion] by Ron Hogan on ''Reactor''
 == Footnotes ==

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 == Epigram ==
-: The issue always and at bottom is spiritual. —Dwight D. Eisenhower
+<blockquote>The issue always and at bottom is spiritual. ''—Dwight D. Eisenhower''</blockquote>
 The only citation I can find for this alleged Eisenhower quote is the 1956 historical work ''The Crucial Decade''<ref>{{cite book|author=Goldman, Eric F.|title=The Crucial Decade: America, 1945-1955|date=1956|url=https://archive.org/stream/crucialdecadeame006464mbp/crucialdecadeame006464mbp_djvu.txt|location=New York|publisher=Knopf|isbn=0394701836}}</ref>, which places it in quotation marks near a mention of Eisenhower, but doesn't clearly indicate whether he said it or in what context.

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 These are notes for '''''The Businessman: A Tale of Terror''''' (1984), the first book in [[Thomas M. Disch]]'s series of fantasy/horror novels now known as ''Supernatural Minnesota''. Set in Minneapolis and St. Paul in the early 1980s, it deals with hauntings, demonic possessions, and the unusual rules of the afterlife.
-All notes refer to the 2010 University of Minnesota Press edition, which features an excellent introduction by John Crowley.
+All notes refer to the 2010 University of Minnesota Press edition, which features an excellent introduction by John Crowley. For others, see '''[[/Editions/]]'''.
 == Major characters ==

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 === Father Mabbley's nickname ... was Queen Mab ===
-A traditional name for a fairy queen, popularized by ''Romeo and Juliet''.
+A traditional name for a fairy queen, popularized by ''Romeo and Juliet''. Mabbley will return as a prominent supporting character in ''[[The Priest]]''.
 == Chapter 23 ==

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 === elms you used to see shading Calumet Avenue in the days before the blight ===
-Dutch elm disease arrived in Minnesota in the early 1960s<ref>French, David W. [https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/151957/History%20of%20Dutch%20Elm%20Disease%20in%20Minnesota.pdf?sequence=1 "History of Dutch Elm Disease in Minnesota"]. Accessed August 25, 2017.</ref> and wiped out most of the elm trees in Minneapolis over the next 20 years.
+Dutch elm disease arrived in Minnesota in the early 1960s<ref>{{cite article|author=French, David W.|url=https://conservancy.umn.edu/items/b61d5115-e99f-46f8-b801-a745affd0d2c|title=History of Dutch Elm Disease in Minnesota|publisher=University of Minnesota|date=1993|accessed=January 24, 2025}}</ref> and wiped out most of the elm trees in Minneapolis over the next 20 years.
 == Chapter 21 ==

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 Bing is referring to the 1978 referendum in St. Paul that re-legalized discrimination based on sexual orientation (by striking down a civil rights law passed in 1974). This was in turn reversed by a similar anti-discrimination law passed in 1990.<ref>{{cite article|author=Hillbery, Rhonda|date=November 2, 1991|title=Showdown Nears in St. Paul Over Repealing Gay Rights Law|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1991-11-02/news/mn-717_1_gay-rights|publication=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
-== Further reading ==
+== Other reading ==
 * [http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-businessman University of Minnesota Press page] for their edition
 * [http://www.ukjarry1.talktalk.net/bus.htm Matthew Davis's page] for the book - lists all the known editions and translations

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	These are notes for '''''The Businessman: A Tale of Terror''''' (1984), the first book in [[Thomas M. Disch]]'s series of fantasy/horror novels now known as ''Supernatural Minnesota''. Set in Minneapolis and St. Paul in the early 1980s, it deals with hauntings, demonic possessions, and the unusual rules of the afterlife.		These are notes for '''''The Businessman: A Tale of Terror''''' (1984), the first book in [[Thomas M. Disch]]'s series of fantasy/horror novels now known as ''Supernatural Minnesota''. Set in Minneapolis and St. Paul in the early 1980s, it deals with hauntings, demonic possessions, and the unusual rules of the afterlife.