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3 unusual facts about Marquis Childs


Marquis Childs

Surprisingly, there are two three-act plays, Maud and Madame Minister, among the Childs materials collected by the University of Iowa.

Relaxation for Childs during the war years came with horseback riding and figure skating - "When you're trying to keep your balance on a backward eight, you can't think about either your own or the world's troubles." He began writing his column "Washington Calling" in February 1944 and published The Cabin (an autobiographical novel) that year.

"Some day, he said, I'll ride on trains whenever I want too... I'll be important and at small towns people will look in at the window. They'll say, '...I've seen his picture in the newspapers.' Why he should have this fame was never clear in the fantasies he created within the still, closed pool of his mind." (Excerpt from The Cabin).



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