Poot and Putin . . .
Charles Doyle
cdoyle at UGA.EDU
Fri Jun 8 14:34:48 UTC 2007
A memory suddenly bubbled to the surface of my roiling brain: In grade school, my bawdy associates and I read _Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates_ with great hilarity--because of the presence of a character named Jakob Poot. (The recollection is so vivid that it simply HAS TO be accurate!)
--Charlie
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