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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Rob Wick - 01-01-2019
Sorry gentleman, but neither is correct.
The person is an American.
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Rob
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Steve - 01-01-2019
John Reed
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - AussieMick - 01-01-2019
Upton Sinclair?
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Rob Wick - 01-01-2019
Good job Steve. It was John Reed. Reed briefly worked with Tarbell at the American Magazine. While he grew close to Tarbell, calling her "Aunt Ida" he was much closer to Lincoln Steffens as he shared Steffens' views on Russia and Communism. My next clue was going to be that he was one of three Americans given this honor after he died, which was to be buried in the Kremlin. When you mentioned Bill Haywood (who was one of the three as well), I thought you were likely on the right track.
Somewhere in the mess I call a filing system I have a newspaper article about Tarbell and Reed. I had hoped to find it before someone answered the question.
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Rob
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - AussieMick - 01-01-2019
Obviously not the article that you're looking for, but interesting view of Reed from the UK's Left-wing Guardian ...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/19/100-best-nonfiction-books-no-47-ten-days-that-shook-world-john-reed-review
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Rob Wick - 01-01-2019
Thanks, Mike. It's been decades since I read Ten Days That Shook the World. Ah, college. When it was OK to lean as far left as one liked.
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Rob
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Rob Wick - 08-06-2019
In doing some research for my latest Tarbell article, I came across the following quote:
"As usual, I am in pursuit of Lincoln novelties. I go to Boston tomorrow to hunt up a speech which I'm sure was reported in 1848 in a Boston paper and which Nicolay and Hay didn't get. You see my whole object in life now is to find something N&H didn't. Noble ambition, isn't it?"
To whom was Tarbell writing?
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Rob
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Steve - 08-06-2019
Esther Tarbell?
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - AussieMick - 08-06-2019
Jesse Weik?
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - RJNorton - 08-07-2019
Osborn Oldroyd?
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Gene C - 08-07-2019
Robert Lincoln?
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Rob Wick - 08-07-2019
All great guesses, but not correct. First clue. The recipient is a man.
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Rob
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Steve - 08-07-2019
Lincoln Steffens?
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Rob Wick - 08-07-2019
Sorry, Steve, but it isn't Steffens.
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Rob
RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia - Rob Wick - 08-07-2019
Next clue. He was a writer, but not a journalist.
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Rob