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04-06-2021, 05:20 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-06-2021 05:24 AM by AussieMick.)
Post: #406
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Advertising a product?
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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04-06-2021, 06:30 AM
Post: #407
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Mike and Roger, Steve actually got it. It was land speculation in Florida. Tarbell was approached by Harry Payne Button of McCall's Magazine to investigate the Florida land boom, so in 1926 she went there for several weeks. The clue about her becoming involved in a subject she wasn't knowun for is a reference to her discovery of the Florida architecture of Addison Mizner. She wrote an introduction to a book celebrating Mizner's work. Although it was reprinted by Dover, original copies are very rare and can bring a good price. Great job Steve!
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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05-09-2021, 03:35 PM
Post: #408
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
What was one of the biggest misconceptions regarding Lincoln that Tarbell was constantly forced to refute?
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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05-09-2021, 04:45 PM
Post: #409
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
That Lincoln belonged to a church?
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05-09-2021, 05:18 PM
Post: #410
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Logical guess Roger, but not the correct one.
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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05-09-2021, 07:38 PM
Post: #411
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
The story that Lincoln left Mary at the altar during their first engagement?
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05-09-2021, 08:39 PM
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Again, a logical guess, but not the answer I'm looking for.
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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05-10-2021, 02:10 AM
Post: #413
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Does it relate to Lincoln's time growing up or when he lived in New Salem? As in people looking down on his background (as in trying to make him or his family more into "bumpkins") to make his assent to the Presidency seem more miraculous?
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05-10-2021, 03:50 AM
Post: #414
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
That Lincoln was an abolitionist his entire life?
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05-10-2021, 07:34 AM
Post: #415
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Sorry gentlemen, but neither is correct.
First clue. It was a specific action as well as a philosophical one. 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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05-10-2021, 09:40 PM
Post: #416
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Next clue: Of all the questions Tarbell studied, this appears to have generated the most letters to 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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05-11-2021, 02:02 AM
Post: #417
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Is it something to do with the Emancipation Proclamation?
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05-11-2021, 07:31 AM
Post: #418
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
No it doesn't.
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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05-11-2021, 09:12 AM
Post: #419
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Lincoln's state of depression following the death of Ann Rutledge ?
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in? |
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05-11-2021, 11:53 AM
Post: #420
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RE: Tough Tarbell Trivia
Sorry Gene, 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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