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Notable early life stories of writers and artists
The passage recalls Edna Ferber's launch as a novelist after her first book Dawn O’Hara was rescued from a waste basket and sent to a publisher. It also notes John Muir reading early in the cellar, Edwin Markham teaching in southern California, and David Belasco starting by carrying spears in Hamlet. It mentions the poem Ben Bolt by Thomas Dunn English and early embroidery in 1493.
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Dawn O'Hara
Edna. Ferber
John Muir
Gron
Edwin Markham
California
David Belasco
Spear
Hamlet
Ben Bolt
Thomas Dunn Engish