It was on this day in 1900 that Henry James wrote his first letter to the budding novelist Edith Wharton, beginning a long friendship. His advice inspired her to write about the New York society she'd grown up in, and the result was The House of Mirth (1905), which became her first big success.
I agree with the previous two comments regarding Hillary Clinton’s DOB, and will add that Beryl Markham’s DOB was noted two times in the same sentence… Is there something weird going on regarding when certain women were born, or is a copy editor needed?
If Hillary Rodman Clinton is 64 and was born in 1947- there’s something wrong there. I was born in 1944 and I will be 78 in two weeks. Therefore I’d say maybe she’s 74
I'd love to have a "Book of Days" or similar, compiled from these.
I agree with the previous two comments regarding Hillary Clinton’s DOB, and will add that Beryl Markham’s DOB was noted two times in the same sentence… Is there something weird going on regarding when certain women were born, or is a copy editor needed?
It’s time to update some of your entries in The Writer’s Almanac. If she was born in 1947, Hillary Clinton is not 64 today.
If I become a paid subscriber, will you be able to afford a proof reader?
If Hillary Rodman Clinton is 64 and was born in 1947- there’s something wrong there. I was born in 1944 and I will be 78 in two weeks. Therefore I’d say maybe she’s 74