dear Robert,
my was not a reproach and I never expected for you to be imbarassed!
Did you grow up in Italy? (if it's not a too personal question)
Jone Gaillard
----- Original Message -----
From: COLASACCO, ROBERT <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 10:49 PM
Subject: RE: Salgari
> I'm 53 and not truly imbarrassed that I have never heard of Salgari.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dr. Gaillard [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 11:43 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Salgari
> >
> > Dear Robert,
> > You are clearly very young, not to know about the Capitano Salgari ;)
> > My generation grew up with him and I can understand Sergio wishing to be
> > able to pass this passion to his grandchildren.
> > Unfortunately, to my knowledge, no English translation exists. Salgari
has
> > been considered for many years "cattiva letteratura per ragazzi", where
> > "cattiva" is not only referring to the untidy style of the author...
> >
> > I stop here not to annoy you and the others.
> > Jone Gaillard
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: COLASACCO, ROBERT <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 3:59 AM
> > Subject: RE: Salgari
> >
> >
> > > Thank you Dr. Grubb. I admit, although I was too imbarrassed to
> > pronounce,
> > > that I have never before this post ever heard of Salgari. When did he
> > write?
> > > Maybe a short bit of information on his life and work? If that's not
> > asking
> > > too much. I did check the internet but did not find anything that was
> > > informative in that way. Although I didn't have time to view every
page,
> > the
> > > few I did look at contained lists of one or more of his works among
> > lists
> > of
> > > works by other italian writers. Indexes, is what I mean.
> > > Robert Colasacco
> > >
> > >
>
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