found: Astonished I (Born 1928)
found: Letter from author, Dec. 31, 2002 (born 8 May, 1928; Confirms authorship of: Memoirs of a natural-born expatriate, Lonely the autumn bird, Ballads of blood, "The twenty-five pound lard can murder case", Oranges, Cometh with clouds, The astonished I, Jacquie and Dick McBride with Celluloid)
found: Independent WWW site, Nov. 2, 2012 (Dick McBride; b. Richard William McBride, May 8, 1928, Washington, Ind.; d. Aug. 28, 2012, Colwall, Herefordshire; one of the last of the Beat poets)