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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 09:21 PM
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Maira Kalman's exposé on Lincoln in the NY Times
Edited on Fri Feb-27-09 09:25 PM by gristy
Good stuff

http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/in-love-with-a-lincoln/?scp=3&sq=Maira%20Kalman&st=cse
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 09:28 PM
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1. Very good
she even drew Fido, Lincoln's "old yaller dog"--that drawing is from a photograph of the animal. The Lincolns had to leave Fido behind when they went to Washington, and, if memory serves, the dog died soon after Lincoln did. (Oh, and Lincoln called his wife "Molly".)
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bedazzled Donating Member (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-28-09 12:13 AM
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2. what a treat! i love maira kalman. my son and i still read her "pete the dog" books
together! he's 11, but we both enjoy the anarchy in them...

i didn't realize she wrote for the times. thanks very much!
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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-28-09 12:19 PM
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3. Her column shows up the last Friday of every month
I've marked my Outlook calendar so I'll never miss it!
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