A Tarbell title

[Rob Wick]

Coming up with a title for a book is almost as important as writing the book itself. It is a title that initially "sells" the book to a publisher. For me, the best way to find a title is to find something that seems to encapsulate the work of the author taken from either his/her own words or the words of another. I think I've hit on something.

I've decided to tentatively give my book the title Star Seeker After Truth: Ida M. Tarbell's Study of Abraham Lincoln.

It comes from a letter to Tarbell by a woman named Jane Hamand, who donated her collection of Ann Rutledge-related material to the Decatur (Ill.) Public Library. On December 21, 1922, Hamand wrote to Tarbell:

Ah my dear Miss Tarbell, you are the star Seeker after Truth; this fact is borne in upon the mind of the reader in every line and between the lines and for this I love and honor you.

Not too bad, if I say so myself.

Best
Rob

[Joe Di Cola]

(09-01-2012 08:52 AM)Rob Wick Wrote:  Coming up with a title for a book is almost as important as writing the book itself. It is a title that initially "sells" the book to a publisher. For me, the best way to find a title is to find something that seems to encapsulate the work of the author taken from either his/her own words or the words of another. I think I've hit on something.

I've decided to tentatively give my book the title Star Seeker After Truth: Ida M. Tarbell's Study of Abraham Lincoln.

It comes from a letter to Tarbell by a woman named Jane Hamand, who donated her collection of Ann Rutledge-related material to the Decatur (Ill.) Public Library. On December 21, 1922, Hamand wrote to Tarbell:

Ah my dear Miss Tarbell, you are the star Seeker after Truth; this fact is borne in upon the mind of the reader in every line and between the lines and for this I love and honor you.

Not too bad, if I say so myself.

Best
Rob

Rob,
An inspired choice for the title.

[LincolnMan]

Rob: Yes, very nice and catchy!

[Gene C]

Fido likes it

[Rob Wick]

Thanks guys.

Just got to the subject category "Lincoln, Abraham" section of Tarbell's papers. There are 949 entries. There are also 120 more subject categories with the word "Lincoln" with who knows how many entries in them. I think I'm going to be doing this for a while.

Best
Rob