Poetic Obituaries: In the late 1960s, when he wasn't

busy selling crab cakes, Mr. [John P.] Gach fancied himself a struggling poet.

Mr. Gach, who did not attend college, spoke of his evolution as a used-book seller in an Evening Sun interview in 1972.

"I used to be in the seafood business. It must be obvious the preparation one gets there for the book business," he said.

from The Baltimore Sun: John P. Gach

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