Less nervous than Nervous Purvis, more nervous than Never Nervous Purvis.
What I’m Reading
A look at Americans who stayed in London throughout the Blitz. So far, my conclusions are that Joseph Kennedy was a bit of a bastard and the Churchill women must have been some lookers.
From the 1940s to the fourteenth century! MY DORKINESS IS LEGION.
What, I can't have a hobby?
July 24, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Was Melvin Purvis the first person called “Nervous Purvis”? He was a G-man involved in the John Dillinger incident at the Biograph Theater. If not, do you know the origin of that expression? Sorry if you’ve been asked this before; I didn’t see a search function on your blog.
Also, I think “Never Nervous” is Pervis Ellison, so his nickname is “Never Nervous Pervis.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Nervous