Newman Portal Digitizes the Money Tree's Out on a Limb

The advent of desktop publishing in the 1980s and subsequent rise of the Internet created publishing platforms accessible with a few keystrokes. Frequently the content did not justify eventhat minimal effort, but in a few exceptional cases the ease of publication served to preserve voices that otherwise would have been lost. Out on a Limb is solidly in the latter category, andKen Lowe's musing on all matters numismatic is now accessible on the Newman Portal.

The house organ of The Money Tree from 1987 until Lowe's untimely passing in 1998, Out on a Limb is a veritable stream of consciousness from a first-rate raconteur. Lowe's comments onpeople and personalities illuminate the era in an amusing manner, and it is difficult to read a single page without breaking a smile. A few samples:

The impetus for Out on a Limb was a 1987 dinner party invitation from Mr. and Mrs. R. Henry Norweb, Sr. Lowe thought the event should be memorialized for posterity, and the gala isthoroughly documented in the inaugural issue. Lowe's observations on the contrast between high society and the hoi polloi are liberally dispensed, and one senses that his pen would have been welcomeat a Three Stooges scriptwriting session. There's no pie throwing, but you get the idea. I was not fortunate enough to meet Ken, but I am sure everyone who did treasured his friendship and wit.

Thanks to Myron Xenos of the Money Tree for granting permission to scan Out on a Limb, and Joel Orosz for loaning a complete set of unbound issues.

Link to Out on a Limb on the Newman Portal:
https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/publisherdetail/518985