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ltmurnau ([personal profile] ltmurnau) wrote2005-03-02 11:39 am
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Geisel 101

It has been brought to my attention that I have missed the 101st birthday of Theodore Geisel, also known as "Dr. Seuss".

Not many people know of the work this gentle, kind man (who never actually had any children of his own and reportedly did not like having the actual article around him) did for the war effort. Here are some samples:





More to be found at http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/.

Happy fucking birthday, Dr. T.

[identity profile] xplodingsilence.livejournal.com 2005-03-03 08:19 am (UTC)(link)
It was a different time then. You don't want to know which names they gave people of ethnic minorities in this part of the world at that time.

I love Dr. Seuss. We have a lot of books at our Kindergarten of him and the kids love them (nothing racist of course!!!).