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05-13-2016, 10:24 AM
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Major Gift
I learned from the paper this morning that Starion Financial, a big ND bank, has just donated 1700 copies of Hunter's Log to every library in the state. I wouldn't want my other books to be read by high and middle school students, too troubling. But half those kids take their dogs pheasant hunting in the fall, and it's a perfect book for that audience. I thank Frank Larson, Starion's founder, for his philanthropy.
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05-13-2016, 11:13 AM
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That's wonderful, Tim. Congratulations.
I guess they're giving multiple copies to each library? I'd be surprised to learn that ND has 1700 libraries, which would be something like one library for every 400 people.
PS--
Here's a link to a news story on the donation.
Last edited by Roger Slater; 05-13-2016 at 11:18 AM.
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05-13-2016, 12:50 PM
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Thanks, Roger. Mr. Carnegie was very good to us, so we have a lot of libraries. I shall donate my substantial royalties to ND charities.
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05-13-2016, 01:26 PM
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Congratulations, Big Guy! I tweeted it @amjuster to spread the word.
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05-13-2016, 01:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim Murphy
Thanks, Roger. Mr. Carnegie was very good to us, so we have a lot of libraries. I shall donate my substantial royalties to ND charities.
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Mr. Carnegie built 11 libraries in ND, I believe.
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05-13-2016, 02:18 PM
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i.m. Andrew Carnegie
We boys in uniform marched in single file
moving all of the books
from one library to another
built by the generous friends of my late father.
Passersby probably gave us puzzled looks
as we crossed Seventh Street, hiking from aisle to aisle.
A Scandinavian community,
our forebears fleeing from Oslo or from Gotland,
we owed to a penniless immigrant from Scotland
books that fostered a nation’s unity.
Myrtle Rundquist, object of fear and doubt,
austere and yet sublime,
accosted me one time:
“Timmy, you’ve more than forty books checked out.”
Last edited by Tim Murphy; 05-13-2016 at 05:17 PM.
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05-14-2016, 01:11 AM
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A great gesture and a good choice of book.
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05-14-2016, 07:37 AM
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Wonderful news, Tim!
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05-15-2016, 12:51 AM
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1700 copies must be some kind of record gift of a particular book of poems to libraries, isn't it? You'll be the Johnny Poemseed of North Dakota.
Congratulations!
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05-16-2016, 10:05 AM
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It's tremendous that this is happening anywhere in the U.S., Tim. And it couldn't happen to a more deserving poet! Congrats!
RM
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