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Subject: [Leica] Ted Grant and Rugby
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Fri Dec 16 16:21:33 2005
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Marc James Small wrote:
> Some years later, or so the story goes, it was your suggestion which caused
> A Conan Doyle to make rugby the game of choice for his Irish reporter,
> Mallone, in the Professor Challenger books. According to the Doyle
> Archives, he sent you a fulsome letter of thanks for the concept, as it
> played out so well in convincing Lord John Roxbury that Mallone was the lad
> to take along on that rather odd trek to the Lost World.
>
You know I'd totally forgotten about the rest of the series...
Peter
In reply to:
Message from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] OT: What about England)
Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] OT: What about England)
Message from nathan.wajsman at planet.nl (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] OT: What about England)
Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] OT: What about England)
Message from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] OT: What about England)
Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] OT: What about England)
Message from tedgrant at shaw.ca (Ted Grant) ([Leica] OT: What about England)
Message from dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings) ([Leica] OT: What about England)
Message from msmall at infionline.net (Marc James Small) ([Leica] Ted Grant and Rugby)