Mark Lane vs. Sylvia Meagher

In the fall of 1967, Sylvia Meagher published Accessories After the Fact: The Warren Commission, The Authorities & The Report. Her "Epilogue: A New Investigation" included a few paragraphs about the Garrison investigation:

The back cover included several blurbs, one of which was Mark Lane's:

Here is an ad for Accessories After the Fact in Book World:

Here is Mark Lane's letter sending the blurb to Sylvia Meagher:

Here is Meagher's reply:

Meagher wrote Maggie Field on the third of September, and included this:

Field replied on September 7th and refused to take sides:

Meagher replied to Field on the tenth of September:

Mark Lane was not happy with Meagher's book and her comments on Jim Garrison, and Mort Sahl included a segment about Meagher's book in his act. Meagher wrote Sahl a letter:

The publisher of Accessories After the Fact also wrote Sahl:

Here is what Sahl said in his show:

Mark Lane then wrote to Robert Ockene:

Sylvia Meagher replied to Mark Lane:

Update

Here is an excerpt from a letter that Sylvia Meagher sent to Tom Bethell:

Update 2

Here is an unsent letter from Sylvia Meagher to Mort Sahl:

Previous Relevant Blog Posts

Sylvia Meagher and Jim Garrison, Part One

Sylvia Meagher writes Clay Shaw and he replies.

Sylvia Meagher and Jim Garrison, Part Two

An unpublished Meagher memo on the trial of Clay Shaw.

Sylvia Meagher and Jim Garrison, Part Three - a never before published article by Meagher

Another unpublished Meagher memo on the Garrison investigation and Warren Report critics.

Garrison's Playboy Interview - What Couldn't Be Printed

Sylvia Meagher's letter to the Editor regarding Garrison's interview in Playboy Magazine.

Sylvia Meagher's Reaction to the Verdict in the Shaw Trial

Meagher writes Harold Weisberg with her comments on the verdict.

Two Letters to Jim Garrison about "A Heritage of Stone"

James Phelan and Sylvia Meagher write Garrison letters about his book.

Kerry Thornley writes Sylvia Meagher

An exchange of letters between Thornley and Meagher.

Did RFK Tell Garrison that there were guns between him and the White House?

Meagher writes Thornley about Lane's comment on RFK

Sylvia Meagher Congratulates Clay Shaw On His Acquittal

Meagher writes Clay Shaw.

Was Jim Garrison Napoleon or Rasputin?

Meagher writes Thornley with an opinion.

M. S. Arnoni and Sylvia Meagher Take On Jim Garrison...

Exchange of letters between Meagher, Arnoni and Garrison.

Jim Garrison Blows His Top

Meagher writes Weisberg about the damage Garrison is doing to critics of the Warren Report.

James Phelan Writes to Richard Popkin

Meagher replies to the New York Review of Books regarding Popkin's article on Garrison.

Sylvia Meagher Replies to Richard Popkin

An exchange of letters between Popkin and Meagher.