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herbert is happy, determined, steady.
herbert commented on the post Miss Anna F. Magill by herbert l. Oct 22, 2009 8:08PM EDT "To EM JAYI remember Dick and Jane--Scott Foresman as I recall--and the SRA books. Scott Foresman was near OHare and SRA was downtown Chicago. They were both customers of mine. And I remember reading The . . ." more
herbert replied to a comment by Linda T. on Miss Anna F. Magill Oct 22, 2009 8:00PM EDT"Thank you for commenting, Linda T. Learning to read makes all other learning possible and strangely, I do treasure that book.Herb L " more
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Describe Yourself:
Born in New York City, 1932, attended PS 6, Bronx Science, Heights College, NYU, (now closed), English major, 1952 US Army. Went to graduate school in Europe on the GI Bill 1955-60, studied art history at Courtauld Institute of Art, languages at Universities of Madrid and Perugia wrote a novel, Vangel Griffin, that won the Harper Prize in 1961. Short stories in Mademoiselle, Antioch Review, Paris Review and other magazines, married, moved to Connecticut, six children. Wrote a Civil War novel that didn't get published, needed money, stopped writing, worked in office equipment and publishing until 1969, started Market Data Retrieval.
CEO of MDR for 28 years, sold it to Dun & Bradstreet, ran D&B Debt Collection and MDR. Elected to Board of Ed in Westport, served 15 years, three as chairman.
Retired from all that to go back to writing. Finished a new novel, Succession, published May, 2008. Wife died six years ago. Two grandchildren so far. Have a yellow lab, a woodstove and a new website, oldtimewriter.com with a blog about The Way Things Used To Be.
Spend my time writing, splitting wood, seeing my family, walking my dog.
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People of similar interests, readers, contributors to my blog. The rationale is spelled out on Making things Disappear More Slowly on the blog page of oldtimewrter.com under The Way Things Used To Be.
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