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RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 11-03-2013
It was an author, Roger, but not Benjamin Thomas.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 11-03-2013
Next clue
Of Sandburg, he said that anything written by him was "hogwash" even though the "eastern iota-subscripts" might like it.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - RJNorton - 11-03-2013
Edgar Lee Masters.
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - LincolnMan - 11-03-2013
I second Roger's answer!
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 11-03-2013
You got it Roger. Good job! (And I'll give Bill partial credit for agreeing).
Masters was always jealous of Sandburg and felt that when Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years came out, Sandburg had "stolen his thunder" even though Masters' book wouldn't come out for another five years.
In 1943, Randall visited Sandburg's home in Harbert. The two walked along the beach in front of Sandburg's home. Randall recorded their conversation in his diary.
S. Talked [to] me [of] E. Lee Masters and his hates. S. does not keep his hates. To hell with them. Said he gave M. a severe … denunciation to his face re: “Lincoln the Man”.. Called it hitting below the belt. I said I liked the Sangamon and S. agreed.
Masters's best biographer, Herbert K. Russell, told me he didn't think it likely Sandburg gave Masters "a severe...denunciation" to his face, but agreed that it wouldn't have been out of character given the relationship between the two men.
You and Bill win the right to have yourselves memorialized when Masters updates his Spoon River Anthology.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - LincolnMan - 11-03-2013
Nice information Rob. Your posts are always rich with good stuff. Oh, and thanks for the prize.
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 11-03-2013
You're welcome Bill. I've got another one.
What did Sandburg say he couldn't do on a Tuesday, but could only do on a Friday?
The only place I've ever seen this is in Randall's diary, so you all will have to do some serious thinking.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - LincolnMan - 11-03-2013
What a puzzle! Off the top of my head I don't know. Oh, you said "serious thinking." Let me think about it!
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 11-03-2013
First clue:
If this was true, Friday must have been busy.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - RJNorton - 11-04-2013
Write? Type?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 11-04-2013
You're on the right track Roger with the first word, but it was a specific type of writing that only he could do.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Joe Di Cola - 11-04-2013
(11-04-2013, 09:51 AM)Rob Wick Wrote: You're on the right track Roger with the first word, but it was a specific type of writing that only he could do.
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Rob
Write more Rootabaga stories?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 11-04-2013
Sorry Joe, but that's not it.
The best clue is staring everyone right in the face.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Anita - 11-04-2013
Autograph books.
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 11-04-2013
Close enough, Anita. According to Randall's diary entry for September 22, 1942:
"A student at the Union asked for an autograph. Couldn’t do it he said. Friday was autograph day, not Tuesday."
Since I don't own an original Sandburg autograph, and it isn't Tuesday or Friday, you win the thanks of a grateful nation.
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Rob