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RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Steve - 11-17-2019 08:00 PM
Hmmm.... Donald. By any chance is the writer Herndon?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 11-17-2019 08:08 PM
Quote:By any chance is the writer Herndon?
No. But I will call half of it because Herndon was the recipient.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Steve - 11-18-2019 02:06 AM
My next two guesses as to who wrote to Herndon:
Ward Hill Lamon
or
William E. Barton
Barton seems like he might write something like that, but I think he was only able to correspond with Weik due to Herndon's death. So, I'm going to go with Lamon.
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 11-18-2019 01:32 PM
Correct, Steve. It was Lamon.
In 1948 when Donald was writing Lincoln's Herndon, he had asked Sandburg to write the preface, which Sandburg agreed to do. Donald wrote the letter to Sandburg relating the story of how Herndon didn't want his picture taken for Lamon's biography of Lincoln, but that he eventually relented.
When DaCapo Press brought out the reprint of Lincoln's Herndon, the Sandburg preface was not included. I've often wondered if Randall had urged Donald to ask Sandburg to write the preface and Donald did so only to please his mentor.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 02-20-2020 09:49 AM
To whom (or what) was a correspondent of Sandburg's referring to when he said that Sandburg "had made an honest woman out of her?"
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - RJNorton - 02-20-2020 11:16 AM
Wild guess: Nancy Hanks? I know some unproven rumors existed including that she had a fling with a young John C. Calhoun. I think Sandburg ignored all the unproven rumors.
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 02-20-2020 12:28 PM
That's a logical guess Roger, but it isn't the answer.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Gene C - 02-20-2020 02:51 PM
Wilma Francis Minor ?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 02-20-2020 03:26 PM
Sorry Gene. That isn't it.
The question was asked in such a way as to throw a shadow. The answer is not a person.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - AussieMick - 02-20-2020 05:40 PM
... The Declaration of Independence?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 02-20-2020 07:35 PM
Sorry Mike, but that's not it either.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - AussieMick - 02-20-2020 10:14 PM
Ok, I was going to say this before but ... anyway, and I know that 'she' came later,
The Statue of Liberty ?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Rob Wick - 02-21-2020 12:18 AM
That's not it either Mike.
I'll have more clues tomorrow.
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Rob
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - Steve - 02-21-2020 01:00 AM
The "biographical novel"?
RE: A Sandburg Stumper - AussieMick - 02-21-2020 01:23 AM
Rob's question was To whom (or what) was a correspondent of Sandburg's referring to when he said that Sandburg "had made an honest woman out of her?"
woops ... its always a good idea to read the question ( I thought it was Lincoln , not Sandburg, that had 'made an honest woman' of something/one)