In the Substack text version of this edition (January 29, 2024 but annotated as originally from 2007), the books by this author links for Thomas Paine and Anton Chekhov direct to ‘site not found’ message.
“Siberia” is Not the best description of where Checkov went. He went and lived for months to Sakhalin Island, Russian Far East,an long 600 km Island 30 km North of Hokkaido Island Japan. He returned via Indian Ocean and was quoted as saying” I’ve seen Heaven ( Ceylon), and I’ve seen Hell ( Sakhalin). I spent 2 years there 2001-3.
In the Substack text version of this edition (January 29, 2024 but annotated as originally from 2007), the books by this author links for Thomas Paine and Anton Chekhov direct to ‘site not found’ message.
Greetings Mr. GK:
This might be a silly question, but have you read all the authors you tell us about in your Almanacs?
“Siberia” is Not the best description of where Checkov went. He went and lived for months to Sakhalin Island, Russian Far East,an long 600 km Island 30 km North of Hokkaido Island Japan. He returned via Indian Ocean and was quoted as saying” I’ve seen Heaven ( Ceylon), and I’ve seen Hell ( Sakhalin). I spent 2 years there 2001-3.