More random information....
1732 - In Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin begins to publish Poor Richard's Almanack. 1776 - The American Crisis by Thomas Paine appears, with its famous opening: "These are the times that try men's souls...." 1832 - Poet Philip Freneau, aged 80, lost in a snowstorm while returning from a tavern, dies near his home in Middletown Point, N.J. 1848 - Emily Bronte dies of consumption at 30, in Haworth, three months after having taken cold at her brother Branwell's funeral. 1910 - Jean Genet -- the subject of Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialist biography, Saint Genet: Actor and Martyr -- is born in Paris.
--A Book of Days for the Literary Year
Friday, December 19, 2008
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Thanks, Kay. I never knew that Tom Paine was the author of that great beginning line. I think old Thomas was a pretty smart guy. Ed's always wanted to read that book, but it isn't an easy read and he's never quite got on it. Love the trivia... merci... Linda
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