Tag: Calico Cat

  • The Gingham Dogand the Calico Cat

    The Gingham Dog
    and the Calico Cat

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    Wrong! Yes, the book is so titled, but the poem’s correct title is, The Duel; the story of a cat and dog fight between two stuffed animals in the middle of the night. Publishing, like everything else in life, is cyclical. Publishing children’s books hit one of its high-watermarks in 1912. The market boomed. Publishers in…

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Bob Teevan
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A single postcard reveals how the lives of two people can be so entwined, yet without consequence. The story of British Army Private James Gibson could just as easily be told on-stage or on-screen, but all we have is a single postcard that expresses a misty wish.

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