Word: livin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...philosophy by saying that "everything I ve ever wanted has been given me-so naturally I'm optimistic." With the help of his brother, a printer, Guest personally published his first three books of verse Encouraged by their modest sale, he submitted the fourth, A Heap o' Livin', to both Harper and Doubleday. Both turned it down and the book was eventually brought out by Reilly & Lee, the Chicago house that has issued all 22 of his subsequent books. A Heap o' Livin' sold more than half a million copies, and so deeply moved certain...
Firmly fixed among the few comfortable absolutes of the 20th Century are such situations, all grown from the plots and protagonists of Zane Grey's novels. For some' 45 years Author Grey has been demonstrating that yellow-bellied villains die violently and that silent, clean-livin' cowboy heroes ride on forever with the virtuous western (or reformed eastern) girls of their choice...