This is the classic children's book, Goodenough Gismo, by Richmond I. Kelsey, published in 1948. Nearly unavailable in libraries and the collector's market, it is posted here with love as an "orphan work" so that it may be seen and appreciated -- and perhaps even republished, as it deserves to be.
After you read this book, it won't surprise you to learn that Richmond Irwin Kelsey (1905-1987) was an accomplishedartist, or that as Dick Kelsey, he was one of the great Disney art directors, breaking your heart with "Pinocchio," "Dumbo," and "Bambi."
What really made my day was coming home to my neighbor waving a copy of last week's Weekly Standard: the cover story was about polygamy in Holland and the polyamory movement in the States. The timing couldn't have been better.
But at least this one is monogamous. I'm more worried about group mixed-species marriages.
Posted by: realpc | December 31, 2005 at 08:54 AM
Interspecies polygamy! Oy!
Posted by: amba | December 31, 2005 at 10:06 AM
Thank you, Amba, for brightening my day, and may you, Jacques, and all your loved ones have a happy New Year.
Posted by: Richard Lawrence Cohen | December 31, 2005 at 12:11 PM
What really made my day was coming home to my neighbor waving a copy of last week's Weekly Standard: the cover story was about polygamy in Holland and the polyamory movement in the States. The timing couldn't have been better.
Posted by: bebere | December 31, 2005 at 03:55 PM
(Thank you for the link, by the way.)
Posted by: bebere | December 31, 2005 at 03:56 PM