...Sometimes there might be some confusion
Despite Bob Wood's examples in profusion:
"How To Tell The Birds From The Flowers"
(First published in 1917, preceding The Snouters by no few decades.)
Yes, Robert W. Wood invented blacklight; how ever did you guess?
(This very cute book had a hard-fought argument as a backdrop, with figures including Teddy Roosevelt and Jack London duking it out, pen-to-pen and typewriter-to-typewriter.)
Awwww. Too cute. You're losing cred here Bobbi.
ReplyDeleteAm not: the backstory on this is about as vicious a fight as lit'rature ever sees, and included Teddy Roosevelt and Jack London among the combatants.
ReplyDeleteOgden Nash must have read this.
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