An Adventure in Civic and Private Art: The Americanization of Edward Bok Chapter 22
Edward Bok now turned his attention to those influences of a more public nature which he felt could contribute to elevate the standard of public taste. He was surprised, on talking …
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From the Archives: A Letter from Rudyard Kipling to Edward Bok
Edward Bok shares fond memories of his time spent with Rudyard Kipling in Chapter 20 of his book The Americanization of Edward Bok. After reading this chapter, Sam Russell, Library …
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A Signal Piece of Constructive Work: The Americanization of Edward Bok Chapter 21
The influence of his grandfather and the injunction of his grandmother to her sons that each “should make the world a better or a more beautiful place to live in” now …
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Keeping Up with Conservation: Fall Demographic Monitoring
Recently, the Rare Plant Conservation Program (RPCP) performed annual fall demographic monitoring for several species, including Lakela’s Mint, Savannas Mint, Clasping warea, and Carter’s mustard. This monitoring takes place during …
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Keeping Up with Conservation: Florida Goldenaster
In November, the Rare Plant Conservation Program visited the new population of Florida goldenaster, Chrysopsis floridana, which was introduced into protected lands in Bartow in July. Funded by a grant …
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Meeting a Reverse or Two: The Americanization of Edward Bok Chapter 20
With the hitherto unreached magazine circulation of a million copies a month in sight, Edward Bok decided to give a broader scope to the periodical. He was determined to lay under …
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Personality Letters: The Americanization of Edward Bok Chapter 19
Edward Bok was always interested in the manner in which personality was expressed in letters. For this reason he adopted, as a boy, the method of collecting not mere autographs, …
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Building up a Magazine: The Americanization of Edward Bok Chapter 18
The newspaper paragraphers were now having a delightful time with Edward Bok and his woman’s magazine, and he was having a delightful time with them. The editor’s publicity sense made …
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Eugene Field’s Practical Jokes: The Americanization of Edward Bok Chapter 17
Eugene Field was one of Edward Bok’s close friends and also his despair, as was likely to be the case with those who were intimate with the Western poet. One …
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