The Recollections of a Virginia Newspaper Man (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Ezekiel, Herbert T.) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from The Recollections of a Virginia Newspaper Man The writer of these reminiscences is not old. Nor does he propose to become so, having made a solemn promise to himself to that effect. Nevertheless, he is confronted by the fact that the sere and yellow (leaf, not streak) is approaching. Fourteen years will bring him beyond the Biblical limitation of three score and ten. Sad experience has taught him that old age and garrulity, as a rule, go hand in hand. Let the mind be ever so active, there comes a time when it cannot be directed into a particular channel and, to all intents and purposes, is beyond control. He has a vivid recollection of an occasion some two years ago, when he questioned a man of eighty-four as to something that occurred in Richmond in 1857. "Oh, yes," he replied, "that was the year when I went to see Aunt Sally Richardson down in Gloucester." He gave a complete list of Aunt Sally´s ancestors and descendants, with their first, last and nicknames, but never a word about Richmond in 1857. Only two weeks ago the writer of this had a call over the phone from W. J. Carter, the "Broad Rock" of former sporting days. He wanted to know how many of the "Old Guard" who worked on the Dispatch in the early nineties were yet alive. This, coupled with the request of friends, that he put his recollections in permanent form, has led to the commission of this crime of cacoethes scribendi. Theirs be the blame. One of the objects of these sketches, if so they may be called, is to give the average lay reader an idea how news stories are secured and written. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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