Ah, "bindlestiff" reminds me of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, of course. All I can think of is Curley's wife cursing George and Lennie before her neck gets broke a few pages later. Curse of the high school English teacher (speaking of disreputable occupations).
Well, you are some ways ahead of me here, but I'm glad to be reading, finally, and following along.
I had forgotten that—it has been a long time since I read Of Mice and Men. (Not since high school, but since my post-graduate school reading binge, which was long enough ago.) Of course Steinbeck would use that word. Maybe I should compile a list of novels about bindlestiffs.
Ah, "bindlestiff" reminds me of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, of course. All I can think of is Curley's wife cursing George and Lennie before her neck gets broke a few pages later. Curse of the high school English teacher (speaking of disreputable occupations).
Well, you are some ways ahead of me here, but I'm glad to be reading, finally, and following along.
I had forgotten that—it has been a long time since I read Of Mice and Men. (Not since high school, but since my post-graduate school reading binge, which was long enough ago.) Of course Steinbeck would use that word. Maybe I should compile a list of novels about bindlestiffs.