[Ads-l] Truman-Related Query

[Shapiro, Fred]

The originator of the famous Trumanism "If a man can't stand the heat, he ought to stay out of the kitchen" appears to have been a Missouri judge named Eugene I. "Buck" Purcell.  Can anyone provide me with Purcell's birth and death years?  Can anyone tell me whether Purcell was primarily a judge, or whether he had some other occupation?


Fred Shapiro

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