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To: Wizzer who wrote (1239)	5/5/1998 9:31:00 PM
From: Jack Clarke	Read Replies (1) of 4710

Wissam, I would rather read my high school literature books again, than read some of the books around these days Grisham is OK, McDonald's in the literary food chain, but those high school authors can be read over and over throughout one's life, as you point out. Your mention of Steinbeck whets my appetite to read some of his works again. I'll never forget his little dissertation on the changes in our lives made by the Model T. Ford: Someone should write an erudite essay on the moral, physical, and esthetic effect of the Model T Ford on the American nation. Two generations of Americans knew more about the Ford coil than the clitoris, about the planetary system of gears than the solar system of stars. With the model T, part of the concept of private property disappeared. Pliers ceased to be privately owned, and a tire pump belonged to the last man who had picked it up. Most of the babies of the period were conceived in Model T Fords and not a few were born in them. The theory of the Anglo-Saxon home became so warped that it never quite recovered. Cannery Row, 1945 English is fortunate to have you as one of its speakers, Wissam. Jack

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