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RE: Who is this person? - Rob Wick - 07-22-2026
Margaret Leech?
Best
Rob
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 07-23-2026
Nope, it's not Margaret Leech.
RE: Who is this person? - Gene C - 07-23-2026
Ruth Painter Randall ?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 07-23-2026
Nope, it's not Ruth Painter Randall.
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 07-23-2026
One line of what she wrote was "He was only nine."
RE: Who is this person? - Linda Anderson - 07-24-2026
I was thinking of Dorothy Kunhardt who wrote Pat the Bunny although I don't think that "He was only nine" is from that book.
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 07-24-2026
Nope, it wasn't Dorothy Kunhardt.
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 07-24-2026
Her husband was a well-known short story writer, poet, and novelist. She lived during the 20th century.
RE: Who is this person? - AussieMick - 07-24-2026
Dorothy Thompson (married to Sinclair Lewis) ?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 07-25-2026
Nope, it's not Dorothy Thompson.
Another line from her writing is "In a little shack"
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 07-27-2026
Another line from her writing is "Where's my son?"
RE: Who is this person? - Anita - 07-27-2026
Rosemary Benet from the poem "Nancy Hanks" ?
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 07-27-2026
Well done, Anita! You are correct.
NANCY HANKS
If Nancy Hanks
Came back as a ghost,
Seeking news
Of what she loved most,
She'd ask first
"Where's my son?
What's happened to Abe?
What's he done?"
"Poor little Abe,
Left all alone
Except for Tom,
Who's a rolling stone;
He was only nine
The year I died.
I remember still
How hard he cried."
"Scraping along
In a little shack,
With hardly a shirt
To cover his back,
And a prairie wind
To blow him down,
Or pinching times
If he went to town."
"You wouldn't know
About my son?
Did he grow tall?
Did he have fun?
Did he learn to read?
Did he get to town?
Do you know his name?
Did he get on?"
RE: Who is this person? - RJNorton - 08-02-2026
Who is this?
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RE: Who is this person? - Gene C - 08-02-2026
I've only had one cup of coffee this morning, but I think it's Jean Baker, the author of a book on Mary Lincoln