Flash fiction: For sale: baby shoes, never worn. Did Ernest Hemingway write these famous six words?

Bonnie Taylor-Blake b.taylorblake at GMAIL.COM
Fri Feb 1 23:57:18 UTC 2013


On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Hugo <hugovk at gmail.com> wrote:

> The Spokane Press (May 16, 1910) writes of "Tragedy of Baby's Death is
> Revealed in Sale of Clothes":

OK, now I have to thank Garson and Hugo publicly (and not just
off-list) for their terrific work on the "For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never
Worn" anecdote.  This is really great stuff.  Another reminder of why
I like ADS-L so much.

-- Bonnie

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