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Josephy, Thorndike, American Heritage, & the business of memoir

by Rich Wandschneider | Jan 6, 2011 | Alvin Josephy, American Heritage, Joe Thorndike, John Thorndike, Sun Magazine

Rick Bombaci stopped by to bring me a Sun Magazine, August 2010, with an article by John Thorndike about caring for his aging father, Joe Thorndike. Rick mentioned that Joe must have overlapped with Alvin, as Thorndike senior edited the Harvard Crimson in 1934, worked...
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