tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886708.post5929428972977379854..comments2023-11-02T12:36:54.620+01:00Comments on PCL LinkDump: On the Road with Ernie Pylemrdantefontanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00528858947590334080noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7886708.post-52437277015951921862010-03-26T14:40:59.658+01:002010-03-26T14:40:59.658+01:00Good for you, Ange. When people talk about Ernie ...Good for you, Ange. When people talk about Ernie Pyle (if they talk about him at all), they only seem to mention his war correspondent years. His earlier writing has been sorely neglected.<br /><br />Pyle once suggested that a sign should be erected near his hometown of Dana, reading, “Three Miles South is the house in which E. Pyle, Indiana’s great skunk-trapper, jelly-eater, horse-hater and snake-afraider-of, was born. In his later years Mr. Pyle rose to a state of national mediocrity as a letter-writer, a stayer in hotels, a talker to obscure people, and a driver from town to town.”<br /><br />He also suggested that six life-size statues of himself be placed across Highway 36, so that when tourists ran into them, they (or at least their heirs and assignees) would know whose hometown they were near.<br /><br />Yeah. I'm a fan.Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02091615126274275726noreply@blogger.com