Braggalicious

"William M. Klimon" wrote in message
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[Fr. Zephyrinus Engelhardt] *Omanomineu Kachkenohamatwon Kesekoch,
Katoklik
Anamihau Masenachigon* (St. Louis: B. Herder, 1882)
family spoken in Minnesota and Wisconsin (see Pilling 4303a).
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The brag is that the seller did not mention that the book is signed and
inscribed by Fr. Zephyrinus to his teacher, another Franciscan friar named
Servatius.

What a great surprise! I had much the same experience this morning at a book
sale. I picked up a dozen books, including a copy of "The Strange Death of
President Harding" (Guild, 1930) by Means and Thacker - very good condition
but with a gift inscription to the ffep. When I got home and looked closely
at the gift inscription, I saw that it reads "Richard Ramsay Mead/ from/
Margaret Mead/Reo Forutune". Reo Fortune was Mead's second husband, and they
were still married when this book came out in 1930. Mead had a brother named
Richard, though I haven't yet found a source identifying his middle name.
The handwriting and signature match examples of Mead's that I've found
online. The amazing thing is that I had passed this book by a few times
before grabbing it in my last sweep of the tables after more than an hour at
the sale.

Regards, Tim

(Tim Doyle) wrote in message . com...

What a great surprise! I had much the same experience this morning at a book
sale. I picked up a dozen books, including a copy of "The Strange Death of
President Harding" (Guild, 1930) by Means and Thacker - very good condition
but with a gift inscription to the ffep. When I got home and looked closely
at the gift inscription, I saw that it reads "Richard Ramsay Mead/ from/
Margaret Mead/Reo Forutune". Reo Fortune was Mead's second husband, and they
were still married when this book came out in 1930. Mead had a brother named
Richard, though I haven't yet found a source identifying his middle name.
The handwriting and signature match examples of Mead's that I've found
online. The amazing thing is that I had passed this book by a few times
before grabbing it in my last sweep of the tables after more than an hour at
the sale.



I think that is undoubtedly her brother (Ramsay was a family name on
her mother's side, I believe). A great association, Tim--particularly
as it comes just after her centennial:

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mead/


William M. Klimon
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