tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post3776499419460509385..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: "But to get the real thing!" Stephen Crane remembers the warAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-75229368771573425912016-03-31T08:07:33.658-05:002016-03-31T08:07:33.658-05:00Thanks - that's a new name to me. Interesting...Thanks - that's a new name to me. Interesting figure in journalism - a pioneer.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-36561688288781013182016-03-30T22:54:56.345-05:002016-03-30T22:54:56.345-05:00my bad: it was richard harding davis: i looked i...my bad: it was richard harding davis: i looked it up on google...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-4273183929088855882016-03-30T11:31:56.260-05:002016-03-30T11:31:56.260-05:00Harte sounded plausible to me! But I couldn't...Harte sounded plausible to me! But I couldn't find a piece that would work.<br /><br />Crane ends his newspaper piece with a description of Spanish soldiers in the American field hospital, an act of generosity in context, if not myth-deflation.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-193914792728687452016-03-30T11:25:00.608-05:002016-03-30T11:25:00.608-05:00could very well be; my memory, or ANY memory, as ...could very well be; my memory, or ANY memory, as i've embarrassedly discovered, can be faulty; don't know how many times i've been absolutely convinced of something in the past only to find out how wrong i was. possibly i have it mixed up with some contemporary newspaper report or some such... "a message for garcia" was different, i know that, anyway...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-25569006423517363592016-03-30T09:32:58.549-05:002016-03-30T09:32:58.549-05:00Actually, you might be thinking of someone other t...Actually, you might be thinking of someone other than Bret Harte. Or maybe of an old Harte poem Roosevelt used as an epigram to <i>The Rough Riders</i>.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-62630810739637495362016-03-30T09:24:26.686-05:002016-03-30T09:24:26.686-05:00Crane was at San Juan Hill, too. The Library of A...Crane was at San Juan Hill, too. The Library of America collection has his non-fiction dispatch, an exciting piece of journalism. Crane is less of a myth-maker than Harte.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-29551678252934359512016-03-29T22:24:06.821-05:002016-03-29T22:24:06.821-05:00it does sound sort of like hemingway, except h. wo...it does sound sort of like hemingway, except h. would have left out all the adjectives. bret harte described theodore and the rough riders charging up san juan hill, but if i remember right he exaggerated a lot...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.com