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| #4 Part 1 Robert Frost ...... Was a four-time Pulitzer winner and the recipient of dozens of honorary degrees. He was also a study in contrasts. He was America’s favorite poet, but his first works were published in England. He traveled extensively, even though he disliked it. He spoke and lectured at colleges and recited at a Presidential inauguration, even though he had to learn to get over his phobia for public speaking to do it. For next time, tell us what is written on Frost’s epitaph? And what did he mean by it?.... Read On.. . |
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| #3 Part 1 Edgar Rice Burroughs was most famous for his Tarzan works. The popular series about a boy raised by apes deep in the heart of Africa wasn’t his only works, or even his only series of works. ERB wrote 26 Tarzan adventures (22 were published before his death in 1950) before the jungle man went on to have a life in the funny papers and comic books that runs to this day. Twenty-six Tarzan stories is only about one-third of the novels published under his real name, but Edgar Rice Burroughs wasn’t his only pen name. Last month we asked, What was ERB’s first pseudonym, and why didn’t he ever write under that name again?Read On.. |
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| #2 part 1...The American Western.We asked if you knew what the common thread was that carried every book written about the American West. It really wasn’t much of challenge after the hint; they died with their boots on. Truth be told, the American West was opened by brute force. Shot open, with guns; that’s the common thread.. They may have traded beads to get Manhattan, but they traded lead to get Missouri, and guns were a major player in every western written. From Lewis and Clark’s first expedition 200 years ago, to the winners of today’s Golden Spur Award, the gun has never been far from page one.... Read On.. |
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| #1 part 1The Case Of The Missing Author.We asked if you knew who the first Carolyn Keene was, and Why the author didn’t appear for signings? The answers are both simple and complicated. Simple in that “ghost writers” of that era were sworn to secrecy and so to “appear” would be to violate that rule. Paychecks and Black Lists were closely tied with who toed the line. The more complicated answer lies with the series’ creator himself, Mr. Edward Stratemeyer, who along with his daughters keep the best-kept secret to themselves... Read On.. |
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