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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