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11-17-2019, 07:00 PM
Post: #226
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Hmmm.... Donald. By any chance is the writer Herndon?
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11-17-2019, 07:08 PM
Post: #227
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Quote:By any chance is the writer Herndon? No. But I will call half of it because Herndon was the recipient. Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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11-18-2019, 01:06 AM
Post: #228
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
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. |
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11-18-2019, 12:32 PM
Post: #229
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
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. Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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02-20-2020, 08:49 AM
Post: #230
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
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?"
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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02-20-2020, 10:16 AM
Post: #231
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
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.
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02-20-2020, 11:28 AM
Post: #232
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
That's a logical guess Roger, but it isn't the answer.
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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02-20-2020, 01:51 PM
Post: #233
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Wilma Francis Minor ?
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in? |
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02-20-2020, 02:26 PM
Post: #234
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
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. Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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02-20-2020, 04:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-20-2020 04:50 PM by AussieMick.)
Post: #235
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
... The Declaration of Independence?
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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02-20-2020, 06:35 PM
Post: #236
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Sorry Mike, but that's not it either.
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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02-20-2020, 09:14 PM
Post: #237
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Ok, I was going to say this before but ... anyway, and I know that 'she' came later,
The Statue of Liberty ? “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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02-20-2020, 11:18 PM
Post: #238
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
That's not it either Mike.
I'll have more clues tomorrow. Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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02-21-2020, 12:00 AM
Post: #239
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
The "biographical novel"?
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02-21-2020, 12:23 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-21-2020 12:25 AM by AussieMick.)
Post: #240
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
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) “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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