Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Hmm ...

... Bumppo to Babbitt.

I see a greater distance between Rabbit Angstrom and George Babbitt than between Babbitt and Natty Bumppo. I actually don't see much to disparage in what Lewis describes, whereas Angstom is a hopeless vulgarian.

2 comments:

  1. Frank, one way we date ourselves ... when you traipsed the woods as a youngster, did you imagine yourself to be Hawkeye?

    And did Bumppo's spirit ever reach as far west as Zenith, Ohio ... or did it remain back-east, in Kerouac's Ghost of the Susquehanna?

    BTW, Happy Birthday, Agatha Christie!

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  2. Yes, Hawkeye was a definite role model. Hard to say how far Natty's spirit reached, but D.H. Lawrence was a fan.

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