{"id":10371,"date":"2008-12-07T19:28:08","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T00:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/?p=10371"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:14","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:14","slug":"snowman-historian-blows-into-schenectady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/12\/07\/snowman-historian-blows-into-schenectady\/","title":{"rendered":"snowman historian blows into schenectady"},"content":{"rendered":"

. . Bob Eckstein’s Book Presentation and Signing<\/a>, Schenectady, NY .<\/em><\/strong> \"\"<\/a>.<\/p>\n

schenectady snowman —
\nbob’s book balanced
\non his belly<\/p>\n

… by dagosan<\/em> (Dec. 7, 2008, for Bob Eckstein)<\/p>\n

\"\" A<\/strong><\/em>s we predicted last week in our post “SnowmanCity, NY<\/a>“, Bob Eckstein spent a windy Sunday afternoon n Schenectady, today, for a presentation of his book \u201cThe History of the Snowman<\/a>: From the Ice Age to the Flea Market<\/em>\u201d (2007), at our Central Library and a book signing at The Open Door Bookstore<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 There was just a tiny crowd at the Library — only seven people other than myself, Laura Lee Linder (who helped Bob research the tale of snowmen who witnessed the 1690 Schenectady Massacre), and a representative from the Open Door.\u00a0 But, we enjoyed a thirty-minute display of rare photos and historic images of snowmen — including a surprising array of magazine covers (from children’s weeklies to Playboy<\/em>).\u00a0 As a good author would, however, Bob failed to answer his mystery question of Who Made the First Snowman, leaving that for those who read the book.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Bob did, however, help us understand how ubiquitous snowmen have been across cultures and centuries.\u00a0 In Part III<\/a> of f\/k\/a<\/em>‘s series on snowmen, we stated: “As demonstrated on our lawns, and in cartoons, comic strips, and movies, Americans have long imbued their snowmen with the same frailties, foibles and fate as humans.” Bob’s book shows that virtually every culture with snow (and perhaps a few in the tropics), have done the same thing.<\/p>\n

The presentation inspired audience members to brave strong winds for the two-block walk from the Library to The Open Door bookstore, to purchase The History of the Snowman<\/em> and have Bob autograph the book (and schmooze a bit).\u00a0 They were joined by a constant stream of autograph-seekers, including the Open Door staff, who are big fans of the book.<\/p>\n

\"\" I’m sitting here sipping coffee from my “fun and attractive” History of the Snowman Mug<\/a> (thanks, Bob!),\u00a0which is also available from his website, Today\u2019s Snowman<\/em><\/a><\/em>, the only online magazine devoted solely to Snowman News.<\/p>\n

small sad face
\nin the puddle \u2013
\nlast weekend\u2019s snowman<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. by david giacalone – Simply Haiku<\/em> V4N3; a procession of ripples<\/a> anthology (p. 18)<\/p>\n

\n
\n

a little dizzy
\nafter chemo \u2014 replacing
\nthe snowman\u2019s head<\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 by dagosan<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a> You find more commentary from the f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang and more snowmen haiku and senryu, in Part I “snowman (r)evolution”<\/a>, Part II<\/a>, and Part III “snobesity”<\/a>, of our series on snowmen.\u00a0 If you need more encouragement to seek out Bob’s book for yourself or for holiday presents, see <\/span>a sneek peek<\/a> and a chapter-by-chapter pictorial YouTube Preview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

winter fog
\ni stub my toe
\non the snowman<\/p>\n

below zero\u2026
\nsparrows peck
\nthe snowman\u2019s nose<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 by ed markowski<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cbelow zero\u201d – Simply Haiku<\/em><\/a> (Summer 2006, vol. 4 no. 2) \"\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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