My great great grandmother was the single parent of two
daughters in rural Mississippi ... only our idealized visions
of the past say that it was different. And I don't think I'd
include crusty ole Hemmingway in with the artsy fartsies even
though he did rub shoulders with 'em.
volente Deo,
Anthony Dauer Alexandria, Virginia
"I know. We are ... the lucky ones." Bif Naked, 1999
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent Johnson
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 6:28 PM
>
> "All you have to do is read Hemmingway and his
contemporaries to
> see just how wrong that perception is."
>
> While true, I think that gives you a skewed
perspective. Sexual
> mores were different in the arts community and among
the rich from
> what they were for the average person.
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