I have agonized over this story for some months. The problem is that there is very little verifiable information about the details that I am about to relate. There is a recent massively researched book, Miracles on the Water, by Tom Nagorski, which disagrees on some points and omits some. It may have some credibility [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Erno and the Sinking of the City of Benares
Posted in Uncategorized on July 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Marshall Allen’s Party Pad
Posted in GreenwichVillage, Interesting characters, NameDropping, Parties, US Army, UofChicago on July 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In early October 1946 I arrived at the University of Chicago for the Orientation Week for new students. I went to my assigned room in the Burton-Judson dormitory and found the place empty save for one other guy at the far end of the long hall. We tentatively approached each other and introduced ourselves. His [...]
