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[Pamela]

More about Zane Grey:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_...

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "More about Zane Grey:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zane_..."

That is quite a house!!! I'd hate to have to heat it in the winter! 😳🤣

[Lily Rose]

I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to get this question up. Here it is, finally!

Born in Moscow, Idaho, this author preferred writing longer works because she could develop her characters more, but she did write some books for children. Her father died when she was 5, and her mother a few years later, so she grew up with her maternal grandmother. Her second book is made up of stories her grandmother told of growing up in Wisconsin. Name the author and the book.

[Pamela]

Dorothy wrote: "I'm so sorry it's taken me so long to get this question up. Here it is, finally!

Born in Moscow, Idaho, this author preferred writing longer works because she could develop her characters more, b..."

Great question! 👏

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "Great question! 👏"

Thanks! Hopefully someone is able to answer!

[Pamela]

Dorothy wrote: "Pamela wrote: "Great question! 👏"

Thanks! Hopefully someone is able to answer!"

I'll wait to find out if somebody else knows who it is.🤔🧐🤓

[Lily Rose]

Anybody?

[Pamela]

I think I know...

Is it Carol Ryrie Brink? My guess for the book is "Caddie Woodlawn" which won the Newbery Medal in 1936. I know the author took stories her grandmother told her and based the book on that.

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "I think I know...

Is it Carol Ryrie Brink? My guess for the book is "Caddie Woodlawn" which won the Newbery Medal in 1936. I know the author took stories her grandmother told her and based the boo..."

You are correct on both counts, Pammy! Congratulations!!!

[Pamela]

Here's the next quiz question...

This author moved out of his home, Nook Farm, when bad investments forced him to take a lecture tour of Europe in order to earn some " quick" money. Who was the author?

[Pamela]

Does anyone have a guess in answer to the quiz question?🤔

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "Does anyone have a guess in answer to the quiz question?🤔"

I'm stumped...

[Pamela]

One of my favorite quotes by the author in question...

“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”

*There are many other quotes by the author which I thoroughly enjoy, but I believe I might get myself in hot water if I give any of those as hints.😉🤫😆

Another clue: The author has fallen out of favor in recent years, as quite a few of the books they wrote are now considered to be politically incorrect. In fact, many public schools and libraries have banned the author's books. I strongly disagree with banning any books, even if I strongly disagree with an author's view, as that opens the door for ANY book to be banned, including the Bible. I would rather be historically accurate than politically correct.

[Werner]

Pamela, I recognize that quote, so I'll say Mark Twain.

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "One of my favorite quotes by the author in question...

“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”

*There are many other quotes by the aut..."

Yep. I agree with Werner...sounds like Mark Twain!

[Pamela]

Werner wrote: "Pamela, I recognize that quote, so I'll say Mark Twain."

You are correct, Werner! It is Mark Twain! I have always had a fondness for Twain as I've always had a fondness for the Mississippi River and the states along it's banks. Good job, Werner!

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[Werner]

Thanks, Pamela! I'll try to get back to this thread soon. :-)

[Werner]

Earlier this week, Pamela raised a question with me (in a personal message) about whether we should possibly retire this thread, at least for a while, because of waning general interest. (Since it was revived last month, participation has been almost entirely limited to three people.) I don't have any strong feeling either way myself --except that by now, with 288 frames on the thread, it's hard (and getting harder!) to check what questions have been asked already-- but what do the rest of you think?

[Lily Rose]

Werner wrote: "Earlier this week, Pamela raised a question with me (in a personal message) about whether we should possibly retire this thread, at least for a while, because of waning general interest. (Since it ..."

I don't mind it staying active...and as far as being sure if a question has already been asked, I doubt if too many of us are going to remember, honestly.

[Werner]

That's a good point, Dorothy! I'll try to post a question later this week, then.

[Pamela]

My notifications keep showing new cooments here, yet there are none. Strange. I'm about to give up on Goodreads, as I've had lots of peculiar notifications and such lately.🤔

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "My notifications keep showing new cooments here, yet there are none. Strange. I'm about to give up on Goodreads, as I've had lots of peculiar notifications and such lately.🤔"

Awww, please don't do that! We would really miss you!

I just now got the notification for Werner's comment...I guess there are some delays.

[Werner]

Pamela, what Dorothy said! Goodreads goes through its periodic glitches, as most sites do, but they always get straightened out eventually. And even with glitches, there's no social network I'd rather be part of!

[Werner]

Okay, here's the next question! What American writer never attended college at all, but educated himself as a young man by diligent reading in the Boston Public Library (although he wasn't a New England native), and went on to become a successful writer of fiction, poetry, biography and autobiography/memoirs? (He's generally associated with the Middle West, where he was born and lived for much of his life, and where much of his writing is set.)

[Pamela]

Is it Hamlin Garland? I know he was born in Wisconsin, but moved to Boston for a time in hopes of pursuing a writing career.

[Werner]

Pamela wrote: "Is it Hamlin Garland? I know he was born in Wisconsin, but moved to Boston for a time in hopes of pursuing a writing career."

Yes, Pamela, that's exactly who it was! You get to ask the next question. :-)

[Pamela]

I have a quiz question ready:

This famous author left Princeton College to enlist in the U.S. Army during World War I. He was stationed in a training camp at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, under the command of Captain Dwight D. Eisenhower. Name the author.

[Pamela]

I have been wanting to ask a question related to Eisenhower for sooo long! He's my favorite of all Presidents. I have a special fondness for Eisenhower because of his wife, Mamie. I frequently visited Gettysburg throughout my life. When I was a teenager, I read an article in the Gettysburg paper about Mamie and the Eisenhower farm where she lived in Gettysburg. On a whim, I wrote to Mrs. Eisenhower to tell her I enjoyed the article and thought their farm was lovely. I was shocked when I went to the post office a week later and found a personal letter from the former First Lady! We corresponded and she told me all about the steers the President raised, their horses, and their grandchildren. After President Eisenhower died, Mamie lived alone at the farm. She enjoyed writing letters, as she said it kept her connected to people and eased her loneliness after The General died. Mamie always referred to Eisenhower as "The General" and never the President. Ike was most proud of his service in WWII. Sadly, Mamie died about two years after we first corresponded. She was very kind to me.

[Lily Rose]

I'm not sure, mind you...I may be getting colleges mixed up...but is it Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain?

[Pamela]

Dorothy wrote: "I'm not sure, mind you...I may be getting colleges mixed up...but is it Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain?"

No, not Chamberlain. He was in the Civil War. Chamberlain attended Bowdoin College and became a professor there. Later, he was Governor of Maine. The author in question was in the Army in World War I, but never actually fought in the war. He remained in the states.

More hints: The author was born in Minnesota and he was distantly related to Francis Scott Key, who wrote the words to The Star Spangled Banner. He is associated with the "Roaring Twenties" and is credited with being the one to first call that period "The Jazz Age."🎶🎙🎵 He became friends with Ernest Hemingway, who was frequently critical of the author.

[Werner]

Are we possibly talking about F. Scott Fitzgerald?

[Pamela]

Yes we are, Werner! You are correct! His entire name was Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. You win!

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[Pamela]

By the way, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Dwight Eisenhower were not at all fond of each other. Ike thought Fitzgerald was a "pompous 🐴!" you know...an arrogant donkey! 😂🤣😃😁

[Pamela]

A funny Eisenhower story...When Ike and Mamie's granddaughter, Susan, was a child she grew very attached to one of Ike's black angus steers. She lived with her parents, across the field from Ike and Mamie's farm. Ike and Mamie had a barbecue one night and invited their son and his family. During the meal, Ike announced that it was Susan's favorite steer which they were eating. Susan was so upset that she left the table, stormed through the field to her house, and refused to speak to her grandfather for several weeks! She got over it, but it became a favorite story of Mamie's!

[Werner]

I'll post a new question later this week!

[Werner]

Since I've just learned that Pamela is going to be offline for a few days, and since she's one of the people who follow this thread the most enthusiastically, I'm going to wait until she's back before I post the next question. That will give her an equal opportunity to answer it! :-)

[Lily Rose]

Werner wrote: "Since I've just learned that Pamela is going to be offline for a few days, and since she's one of the people who follow this thread the most enthusiastically, I'm going to wait until she's back bef..."

Understood! 🙂

[Werner]

Since Pamela's back online again, I'll go ahead and post a question. :-)

Though he's no longer well known today, this author, born in 1865 in Brooklyn to Cuban-American parents, became a very successful writer of dime novels in his own time, producing more than 300 of them, as well as many short stories. His short fiction was mostly science fiction in the Verne tradition, emphasizing mechanical inventions; he and Jules Verne were actually pen pals, and he was sometimes called "the American Jules Verne." Who was he?

[Pamela]

Ah! I've always loved Verne's "Around The World In 80 Days" and I think I know the answer to this one! So as not to monopolize the quiz, and to give others a chance, I'll hold my answer until tomorrow. 🤫

[Doreen]

Oh this is tough question Werner but a really good one. I’m going to have to think on this one

[Pamela]

I'm going to say it's Luis Senarens. He wrote dime novels, was Cuban- American, and he was compared to Jules Verne. I read a couple of his "Frank Reade, Jr." stories which I discovered in my great-grandmother's attic when I was a child. I especially remember the story about the air-ship. Growing up, I was interested in the Hindenburg disaster. On occasion, I have seen the Goodyear blimp fly over my house on it's way to the Pocono Raceway and to sporting events in Philadelphia. It's an amazing sight! So, Luis Senarens is my answer.🙂

[Werner]

And your answer is right on the mark, Pamela; Luis Senarens it is! You get to ask the next question.

I had doubts about whether anyone in the group would ever have heard of him, or whether the question would be just too esoteric. :-) He rated a chapter in Sam Moskowitz's book Explorers of the Infinite: Shapers of Science Fiction; but I've never actually read any of his work myself.

[Pamela]

I'll think of a question and post it tomorrow!

[Werner]

Sounds good, Pamela!

[Lily Rose]

Werner wrote: "And your answer is right on the mark, Pamela; Luis Senarens it is! You get to ask the next question.

I had doubts about whether anyone in the group would ever have heard of him, or whether the que..."

Never underestimate Pammy! I had never heard of him, but I was confident she would know the answer! 😂

[Pamela]

Here's the next question...

This author was one of the founders of the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union in Boston, along with physician Harriet Winifred Clisby, Unitarian teacher Abby Morton Diaz, reformer Mary Thorn Lewis, and writer Julia Ward in 1877. Its goal was to function as an outreach organization for women, offering employment, legal aid, and medical care to poor female workers. 

Name the author.

[Werner]

I'm just guessing here, but was it possibly Louisa May Alcott?

[Pamela]

Werner wrote: "I'm just guessing here, but was it possibly Louisa May Alcott?"

You are correct, Werner! It was Louisa May Alcott! You get the next question.🙂

[Lily Rose]

Pamela wrote: "Werner wrote: "I'm just guessing here, but was it possibly Louisa May Alcott?"

You are correct, Werner! It was Louisa May Alcott! You get the next question.🙂"

Agh, I should've figured that out! 🤦‍♀️

[Pamela]

Dorothy wrote: "Pamela wrote: "Werner wrote: "I'm just guessing here, but was it possibly Louisa May Alcott?"

You are correct, Werner! It was Louisa May Alcott! You get the next question.🙂"

Agh, I should've figu..."

I thought you would.🤔🤗