Who is this person?

[Linda Anderson]

Thanks, Eva. I wish I could say this operation, as described by Irving Stone, happened with 100% certainty. Jason Emerson writes that the evidence for the operation is "scanty and speculative." He also mentions that the operation was rarely done on children.

Irving Stone's book is not footnoted so I do not know his source for the quite detailed description of the operation which he provided in his book.

Roger, the Irving Stone Papers are at Berkeley.

"Consists of Stone's correspondence; research material, drafts, publicity, and ephemera related to his writings; professional and personal papers; and subject files, along with some papers of his wife, Jean Stone. Stone's correspondence reflects his many activities as both a private person and a public figure. His writings contain files for all his major works, chiefly biographical novels, but also including biographies, history, novels, short stories, dramatic works, articles, speeches, and reviews, as well as books he edited himself or with Jean Stone, and works by others to which he contributed segments. Also includes files related to Stone's appearances, interviews, travels, bio-bibliographic information, contracts, honors and awards, and teaching, along with family correspondence and some personal miscellany."

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt067nc3q6/

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