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34. You got it, Wolf!

Reply to Wolf Frankula (Reply #29)

Sat Sep 25, 2021, 04:53 PM

Sep 2021

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Ask a question about an American writer & see if anyone knows the answer w/o using google-Part 4 [View all] red dog 1 Sep 2021 OP

Oh, I've got lots of guesses but I will look foolish to my presently admiring fans if I do it. Shrike47 Sep 2021 #1

"presently admiring fans"? red dog 1 Sep 2021 #4

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Ding! red dog 1 Sep 2021 #3

What expatriate American poet supported Mussolini and Hitler, won the first Bollinger Prize red dog 1 Sep 2021 #5

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Ding! red dog 1 Sep 2021 #19

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Yes! red dog 1 Sep 2021 #20

OK, some guesses... First Speaker Sep 2021 #7

Ding! Ding! red dog 1 Sep 2021 #21

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What famous author used to sit at a typewriter in bookstore windows and write? red dog 1 Sep 2021 #13

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I watched him sit & write at a bookstore on Haight Street (SF) red dog 1 Sep 2021 #18

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Question No. Five: Not Heidi Sep 2021 #15

Nope, good guess though red dog 1 Sep 2021 #22

Sigh. Not Heidi Sep 2021 #24

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It's the latter, and that is correct. Not Heidi Sep 2021 #42

Thank you! Harker Sep 2021 #43

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James Fenimore Cooper... First Speaker Sep 2021 #27

Ding! red dog 1 Sep 2021 #33

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Ding! red dog 1 Oct 2021 #49

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You got it, Wolf! red dog 1 Sep 2021 #34

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You got the last name jmowreader Sep 2021 #36

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Directly? n/t Harker Sep 2021 #38

Directly. jmowreader Sep 2021 #39

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Ding! red dog 1 Oct 2021 #48

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