October 3rd is Lindsey Buckingham’s birthday, 1949. As well as being an important part of Fleetwood Mac, he first had his own band with Stevie Nicks. They had one record. Here is my copy of that record.
Another October 3rd birthday would be Louis H. Sullivan, 1856. Sullivan was considered the ‘Father of the Skyscraper’ especially for his work in Chicago. I have the book “Chicago’s Famous Buildings” edited by Arthur Siegel published 1965. This is a favorite Chicago book of mine. The subtitle is “A Photographic Guide to the City’s Architectural Landmarks and Other Notable Buildings.”
The pictures make for a great study of the city. Not only did Sullivan do great work in Chicago, including the Auditoriam Building and Stage, and the Carson, Pirie, Scott building, he was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright. He was one of the architects for the 1893 Chicago Exposition. His building was The Transportation Building, one that the fair Director didn’t like, but then it was the only building that got fantastic compliments from architects from around the world. Sullivan complained that the other poor architectual designs at the Chicago Exposition probably set Chicago back 50 years.
October 3rd was the day that Black Hawk, the Sauk leader died, in 1838. He fought with the British in the War of 1812. And he again fought against the US during the Black Hawk War-there claiming he was tricked into signing over his land. I have read a lot in the book “The American Heritage Book of Indians, 1961. I wrote in an early page about this being a gift from my Aunt Dee for Christmas.
This is a picture from the book of Black Hawk and his son.
My father used to often take us camping in White Pines State Park. He would always drive by Lowden State Park to see the Black Hawk statue. We would see the statue staring over the Rock river.
October 3rd is National Poetry Day. I do love to read poetry. One of my more interesting books of poetry is “Bachelor Ballads” illustrated by Blanche McManus, 1898.
There are many good poems in this book. One of my favorites is “Give Me the Old” by Robert Hinkley Messinger. A quick synopsis would be ‘Old wine to drink, old wood to burn, old books to read, and old friends to converse with.’ This poem has a lovely unusual rhyme and great wording.
Inside this book, I found a newspaper clipping. It is a poem or song “Heigh-ho! A Book” by Kenneth Phillips Britton. The first two lines go:
‘Give me a book instead of a wife…And I shall ask no more in life.‘
I am still trying to find any book with this poem, but no luck yet. Perhaps just as well. If my wife saw it, it might be trouble. In the chorus, there is the line:
“A book shuts up in the time of strife, but you can’t say the same of any man’s wife.“
If my wife saw that, she may kill me…
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