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He resides in Sarasota, Florida. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterview with the author\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQ\u0026amp;A with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBill Levy, the author of the BearManor book, \u003ci\u003eLawman: A Companion To The Classic Western Series.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e \u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOut of all the TV westerns of the 1950s and 1960s, why write a book about LAWMAN?\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e \u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen I was a teenager growing up on Long Island, New York in the late 1950s and early 1960s, I loved television westerns.  My favorite series was Warner Bros. 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