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From: mej@ptsfa.UUCP (Mary Johnson)
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Subject: Re: What is origin of \"korl\"?
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Date: Fri, 8-Mar-85 19:03:14 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  8 19:03:14 1985
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> 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
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