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| October 15, 1952 |
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| E. B. White (1899 - 1985) |
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E. B. White's "Hymn to the Barn"
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| by Steve King |
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On this day in 1952, E. B. White's Charlotte's Web was published. Among children's books, it continues to hold its place at or near the top of most 'best of' lists, and so to give a chuckle when placed against White's pre-publication hunch that most kids "would like it better if my barn cellar were loaded into a space ship and exploded in the general direction of Mars." Doubts and self-deprecations were basic elements of White's winning style, but other comments in his letters express the same expectation that his "hymn to the barn" would be too low-key for mid-century tastes. His contract said so, too: thinking that royalties in excess of $7,500/year were an "extravagant dream," he casually agreed to place anything more in a tax shelter with his publisher -- and then, twenty-five years later, received a check for half-a-million dollars ... FULL STORY »
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