The Writer's Almanac from Friday, October 13, 2017 “Summer of Lemons” by Marjorie Thomsen from Pretty Things Please. © Turning Point Press, 2017. ORIGINAL TEXT AND AUDIO - 2017 It's the birthday of novelist Conrad Richter, born in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania (1890). His father was a Lutheran preacher, and the family moved from one coal-mining town to another. Richter said: "My father, grandfather, uncle, and great uncles were preachers. Their fathers, however, had been tradesmen, soldiers, country squires, blacksmiths, and farmers, and I think that in my passion for early American life and people I am a throwback to these."
The Writer's Almanac from Friday, October 13, 2017
The Writer's Almanac from Friday, October 13…
The Writer's Almanac from Friday, October 13, 2017
The Writer's Almanac from Friday, October 13, 2017 “Summer of Lemons” by Marjorie Thomsen from Pretty Things Please. © Turning Point Press, 2017. ORIGINAL TEXT AND AUDIO - 2017 It's the birthday of novelist Conrad Richter, born in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania (1890). His father was a Lutheran preacher, and the family moved from one coal-mining town to another. Richter said: "My father, grandfather, uncle, and great uncles were preachers. Their fathers, however, had been tradesmen, soldiers, country squires, blacksmiths, and farmers, and I think that in my passion for early American life and people I am a throwback to these."