Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes I was bracing myself for some racism and mucho sexism in the old version I hope no one else buys them up. Ten bucks each. I was going to get one a week. The sexism I even remember from the tom swift Jr 60's versions. Penny I think his girlfriends name did basally NOTHING except be cute and blonde. . As well as her girlfriend. Veronica. (kidding) No threat to Nancy Drew We forget how far we've come in such a short time. And 1910 was not a short time! Mark William Rabiner > From: Jeff Moore <jbmmllug at jbm.org> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 04:00:40 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera > > I grew up on the '60s second-wave Tom Swifts (Toms Swift?). About 30 > or so years ago, some friends let me poke through an old house > which... I forget the story. But the original residents had departed. > I scored original copies of Tom Swift and his Motorcycle and... wait > for it... Tom Swift and his War Tank. I think this came out a bit > before the Great War. > > There might be reprint/facsimile editions. There are some of the > original Hardy Boys books so available... you have to steel yourself > for some casual racism, shocking to today's ears (or eye), but are > rewarded with an amazing time capsule just in the casual details > tossed in as the pot boils. > > -Jeff > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information