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RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Gene C - 11-15-2019 12:55 PM
(11-15-2019 11:48 AM)Rob Wick Wrote: This is a two-parter. Read the following:
I want your Photograph--I want it at once--There is no use in your saying you 'will probably send it to me--' I must have it--I cant do without it and I dont intend to do without it--I must have it, if it costs me a trip to [redacted] and a race with Blood hounds to chace you down and then carry you to town with these strong arms and hold you until we can get your darned old phiz in type.
First, to whom was this written?
Second, who was the writer?
First clue: It was not Sandburg.
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Rob
First - Marilyn Monroe ?
Second - Keya Morgan ?
At the one and only Marilyn Monroe estate auction, held by Christie’s on October 27, 1999, Keya Morgan bought hundreds of items, including much of Marilyn’s private library, with many personally inscribed books. Along with many other items he accumulated over the years, he now possesses the largest Monroe collection in the world, as well as large portions of the estates of her second husband Joe DiMaggio and close friend Marlon Brando.
(from https://keyamorganproductions.com/_index.php?page_id=2 )
and -
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Marilyn-Monroe-Murder-Fifth-Helena/dp/1455842044
Not sure if his book was ever published, the movie has been in the works for several years.
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Anita - 11-15-2019 01:03 PM
Ida Tarbell?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 11-15-2019 01:29 PM
Good try guys, but neither answer is correct.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - AussieMick - 11-15-2019 07:07 PM
Mary Todd?
Abraham Lincoln?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Steve - 11-15-2019 08:26 PM
Is the writer Oldroyd?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 11-15-2019 08:35 PM
Sorry gents, but neither is correct.
Clue. The writer once studied medicine.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - RJNorton - 11-16-2019 04:54 AM
to whom was it written? - Hablot Knight Browne?
writer? - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 11-16-2019 08:18 AM
Holmes, Sr., would be a logical guess, Roger, but it isn't him or Browne.
Next clue. The story was told to Sandburg in a letter written shortly after World War II.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - RJNorton - 11-16-2019 10:38 AM
Wild guess - was the letter's recipient Lilian Steichen (before she married Carl)?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 11-16-2019 06:58 PM
Sorry Roger, but that's not it.
Next clue: It took the recipient of the letter 16 months to provide the writer with a picture.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Steve - 11-16-2019 10:21 PM
Is the writer Stefan Lorant?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 11-16-2019 10:50 PM
Logical guess, Steve, but that's not it.
Think 19th century.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 11-17-2019 12:32 PM
Next clue. The person who related the story to Sandburg was a student of James G. Randall.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - RJNorton - 11-17-2019 02:12 PM
(11-17-2019 12:32 PM)Rob Wick Wrote: Next clue. The person who related the story to Sandburg was a student of James G. Randall.
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Rob
David Herbert Donald?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 11-17-2019 02:44 PM
Yes Roger, Donald told Sandburg the story, but of course that doesn't identify the two people I'm seeking.
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Rob