chabot@miles.DEC (L. S. Chabot) (03/07/85)
If it's not findable in the OED, look in a library for a copy of _Life_In_the_ Iron_Mills_, written by Rebecca Harding Davis in the middle of the last century. Tillie Olsen rescued this piece its undeserved obscurity; it was republished in the '70s with notes and a biography of Davis. In it is an uneducated mill worker who sculpts emotive figures in korl, the only material available to his mute needs for expression. There may be a further description of the substance in Olsen's notes. The book, I fear, is out of print (and I want a copy!). L S Chabot UUCP: ...decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-amber!chabot ARPA: ...chabot%amber.DEC@decwrl.ARPA USFail: DEC, LMO4/H4, 150 Locke Drive, Marlborough, MA 01752
mej@ptsfa.UUCP (Mary Johnson) (03/09/85)
> If it's not findable in the OED, look in a library for a copy of _Life_In_the_ > Iron_Mills_, written by Rebecca Harding Davis in the middle of the last > century. Tillie Olsen rescued this piece its undeserved obscurity; it was > republished in the '70s with notes and a biography of Davis. In it is an > uneducated mill worker who sculpts emotive figures in korl, the only material > available to his mute needs for expression. There may be a further > description of the substance in Olsen's notes. The book, I fear, is out of > print (and I want a copy!). > The book seems to still be in print. A local bookstore told me that they did not have it in stock, but they would be happy to order a copy. They are: A Woman's Place 4015 Broadway Oakland, CA 94609 Mary Eileen Johnson {ihnp4,ucbvax,cbosgd,hplabs,decwrl,amd,sun,nsc}!dual!ptsfa!mej