Wednesday, May 25, 2022

“Ten hours to Chicago”

Nella Larsen, Quicksand (1928).

I discovered only this morning that the 1928 Knopf edition of Quicksand is available from Google Books as a free PDF or e-book. Marginal notes here and there — dynamics of authority, paradox — but they disappear not long into the novel.

By Michael Leddy at 9:20 AM

3 comments:

  1. SlywyMay 31, 2022 6:58 AM

    On the Volunteer, the mule-powered boat on the I&M Canal (no mule, though, as he'd wisely cut himself right where the collar goes), they told a boy that it used to take 24 hours to get from LaSalle to Chicago. 24 hours! He thought they were pulling his leg.

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  2. Michael LeddyMay 31, 2022 8:50 AM

    Yikes! I’d be tempted to get out and walk.

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  3. SlywyMay 31, 2022 8:59 PM

    That was by horse-drawn coach; some of that was based on road conditions (muddy, rutted, etc.). The canal boat was faster. :)

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