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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.

Modern Printing
Library Binding - Amereon, Limited

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