DON BLANDING
"The Rest of the Road"
Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1937
Printed by the Vail-Ballou Press, Incorporated, Binghamton, New York
Hardback, 143 pages
Poetry, Illustrations & Decorations by Don Blanding
Dedication:
I dedicate this book
To my Lone Wolf Brother, Scotty
Acknowledgements to Bob, Helen, Rannie,
Bonnie, Evelyn, Jimmy, Lyde, Fred, Helen, Sammy, Pal, Ted, Eddie, Rhea, Billie, Jean,
Margaret Josephine, Will, Nanty, Paul (sr. and jr.), Sis, Rosmain (sr. and jr.), Betty,
Palmer, Mimi, Nina, Lady Rae, Maureen, Jim, Margaret, Carl, Lorraine, Nell, Madge, Isabel,
Van, Harry, Hado, Thelma, Ross, Ruth, Hallie Mae, Allah, Nora, Cordie, Carroll, Maggie,
Paul, Florence, Lucinda, Rudy, Dorris, Granny, Mary, John, Jack, Leonard, Sherry, Herb,
Joe, Sheba, Joel, Howard, R.T.B, A.M.C, Madeline, Tommy, Col. Bill, 'Nez, Del, Audie,
Helene, Lucille, Lois, Riley, Homer, Lahilahi, Mamo, Lester, Hazel, Nettie Mae, Reg,
Ummie, Al, Ed, Carmen, Corty, Phil, Jesse, Alex, Emily, Frances, Frank, Bill, Beck, Maje,
and a hundred others.
Thanks also to the editors of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, the Advertiser, Doc Adams,
Howard Case, the editors of the Carmel Pine Cone, to James Neill Northe and Margaret Scott
Copeland of Silhouettes, Palmer and Mimi Beaudette of the Californian, for reprints of
verses.
Contents:
| To My Lone Wolf Brother, Scotty (dedication) From Here to There Pictures in a Crystal The Rest of the Road Faithful Song of the South Seas Stars for Friends Unreal Estate To Heyou Black Swan The Cruise of the Spun-Glass Ship The Story Behind the Cruise of the Spun-Glass Ship A Wish The Color Game To A Lady I Loved Moon-Moths Summer's Ending When Beauty Strikes Too Deep Haunted Heart Exiles from the Islands Aloha House Moon Brocade Winged Journey |
Liquid Sunshine Letter of Inquiry To Granny Harris Lei Day Ah Mang Chu The Birth of June Gardenia Lei A Study in Epidermis Castles in Spain The Lacquer Mask Omen Things Forgotten Beachcomber Flower Girl Inspiration As You'll Find For Yourself This Nagging Urge The Sixth Sense "What's In A Name?" The Darker Pain Harp String Clock Crosses Against the Sun Oddly Enough |
West Song of the Desert The Healer No Hope Drums for the Death of a Chief Remembering a Wish Memory Garden Vagabond's House on Wheels New Mexican Scene Color-Scheme in Humble Colors Magic Carpet Antique Shop Belated Explanation Compensation An Old Texas Custom Side Roads The Peacock Girls Oil Wells Afire Carmel-By-The-Sea The Carmel Flea The Midas Touch The End of the Road Postscript Sketch of a Vagabond's Life |
Illustrations:
| Roadside Lace (endpapers) Road Signs Silhouette of the Author Pictures in a Crystal The Siren Voice Nirvana Black Swan |
Spun-Glass Ship A Little Less Than Human Ivory Moon-Moth Hawaii Chain-Of-Love Moon Brocade |
Ah Mang Chu The Lacquer Mask The Sixth Sense Crosses Against the Sun Scheherezade The Peacock Girl Frost |
Notes:
Faithful was written for Lorraine T. Stevens.
Heyou was written for Blanding's dog Heyou.
Black Swan was written for Phil Kubel.
The Story Behind the Cruise of the Spun-Glass Ship was written by Doc Adams
in his column, "This and That," in the Honolulu Advertiser,
May 20, 1937.
Moon-Moths was written for Hado.
When Beauty Strikes Too Deep was written for Sheridan Whipp.
Exiles From the Islands was written for Rannie Cockburn.
Winged Journey was written to the men of the Hawaii Clipper.
Letter of Inquiry is from Betty.
Ah Mang Chu was written for Ted Narramore.
The Sixth Sense was written for Carmen Sawtelle.
Oddly Enough was written for John S. Van Gilder.
Remembering a Wish was expressed by Armine von Tempski.
An Old Texas Custom was written for Will and Margaret Josephine Creager.
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