September 1, 1983
Dear Adam,
This is a very special birthday present because
I’m giving it to my real special friend, Adam. I want
you to know that I always had fun times being with
you.
It was great playing soccer baseball and school
with you. It was fun just talking to you. I loved
going to camp with you.
I hope that you’ll always have a extra special
place in your heart for me because I’ll never forget
you, my best friend Adam.
I love you,
Gregg
The Fall of Freddie the Leaf: A Story of Life for All Ages by Leo Buscaglia, Ph.D.
This inscription was written by his mother soon after young Gregg died of a brain tumor.
April 29, 1978
Dear Elizabeth,
I hope you have
a wonderful birthday. Thank
you for inviting me. YOu are
a very pretty and sweet
little girl. I hope you
will always stay just as you
are now.
I love you,
Mrs. Schoettl
:)
P.S.—I hope you will read
this book over and over
and always have happy
memories of second grade.
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Thanks to Elizabeth, who says:
“I received this inscription from my 2nd grade teacher in 1978.
I loved my teacher so much that I invited her to my birthday party
and was so happy that she accepted. Charlotte’s Web is the gift
she gave me and reading the inscription STILL makes me smile.”
Dick
Cox
3/16/66
A 1966 copy of Are You Running With Me, Jesus? Prayers by Malcolm Boyd.
Found at a sale at Georgetown Lutheran Church in DC.
For Joe, on Christmas
1978. This is the only
book I know that moves
as incessantly as you…
with affectation,
Dwight
P.S. I couldn’t find a Star Wars game.
On the Road by Jack Kerouac.
Thanks to Joseph Holmes, who says:
“My pal and roommate Dwight gave me this book for, as it says, Christmas
1978. Since he later became Assistant Professor of English at Purdue, I think
we can safely assume he was joking when he signed it ‘with affectation.’”
space travel is comparable in
significance to the move of the
fishes out of water 350 million
years ago.
A 1975 copy of A Different Face: The Life of Mary Wollstonecraft by Emily W. Sunstein.
Found at Capitol Hill Books in Washington, DC.
silk pajamas are extremely HOT!
charles Heston ten commandments
abortion
600 miLes is not Far.
Faith? They have no choice but to work.
The Artist
Do Chinese smoke?
A 1976 copy of You Can Get There From Here by Shirley MacLaine.
Found at Capitol Hill Books in Washington, DC.
Bruckner
A 1924 copy of Practical Calculus for Home Study by Claude Irwin Palmer
Found at Second Story Books in Washington, DC.
