Eric Hanson's Blog, page 26
April 26, 2009
Strunk and White
I sometimes think putting Strunk's name first was less authorial modesty than a keen eye for the eye-catching name. Strunk sounds like the name of an old ballplayer: "Tinker to Evers to Strunk." "Strunk lines left; Robinson holds third." Strunk and White's little handbook is fifty this month.
Not everyone reveres Strunk and White's classic grammar, but most people set it on a shelf between the Bible and Catcher in the Rye. Holy writ, in other words.
Most picture E. B. White as a shy, avuncular ma
Not everyone reveres Strunk and White's classic grammar, but most people set it on a shelf between the Bible and Catcher in the Rye. Holy writ, in other words.
Most picture E. B. White as a shy, avuncular ma
Audubon
John James Audubon was born on April 26, 1785 in Haiti. He's not in A Book of Ages. Auchincloss, Auden, Aung San Suu Kyi, Austen; no Audubon. I wish he were there, just as I wish I'd included a few other interesting people and stories. I either didn't think of them or thought of them too late.
Probably the best Audubon book out there, Under a Wild Sky–John James Audubon and the Making of the Birds of America, was written a few years ago by a friend of mine, William Souder. Every birder should re
Probably the best Audubon book out there, Under a Wild Sky–John James Audubon and the Making of the Birds of America, was written a few years ago by a friend of mine, William Souder. Every birder should re
