Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hilton Obenzinger
as an easy pass of .  Without looking hard, here are several reviews of his books.https://muse.jhu.edu/article/1700https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/hilton-obenzinger/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/hilton-obenzinger.html  Additionally, his book ''American Palestine: Melville, Twain, and the Holy Land Mania'' has enough citations for a possible (somewhat marginal) pass of  C1.  Failure of ?  I do agree that the article is in poor shape
— User:Russ, 07:07, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
Stance: keep
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