Becoming Dr. Seuss
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53. Ibid.
54. Kahn, “Profiles: Children’s Friend.”
55. Robert Sullivan, “Oh, the Places He Went!” Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, Winter 1992.
56. Kahn, “Profiles: Children’s Friend.”
57. Ibid.
58. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 173.
59. Jordan, “Dr. Seuss.”
60. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 164.
61. Ibid., 129.
62. Ibid.
63. Ibid., 165.
64. Betsy Marden Silverman, “Dr. Seuss Talks to Parents,” Parents, November 1960.
65. Cott, “The Good Dr. Seuss.”
66. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 166.
67. “‘Somebody’s Got to Win’ in Kids’ Books.”
68. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 169.
69. See Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 320, n. 169.
70. Kahn, “Profiles: Children’s Friend.”
71. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 170.
72. Frank Dostal, “Author-Illustrator Duo Scores in Tot’s History,” Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, NY), March 6, 1960.
73. Maude French, “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish,” Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, October 1960.
74. Review taken from promotional materials for One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. See, for example, the full-page insert in the Chicago Tribune, November 6, 1960.
75. Melva G. Chernoff, “Books,” Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, SD), April 3, 1960.
76. “‘Somebody’s Got to Win’ in Kids’ Books.”
77. See advertising matter for Green Eggs and Ham.
78. The fifty unique words were a, am, and, anywhere, are, be, boat, box, car, could, dark, do, eat, eggs, fox, goat, good, green, ham, here, house, I, if, in, let, like, may, me, mouse, not, on, or, rain, Sam, say, see, so, thank, that, the, them, there, they, train, tree, try, will, with, would, you. The most used word was not, which Ted repeated eighty-two times.
79. Elizabeth C. Mann, “Bountiful Reading of All Kinds for Beginners,” Chicago Tribune, November 6, 1960.
80. Maude French, “Green Eggs and Ham,” Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, December 1960.
81. “Literary Luggage: Give Books for Christmas,” Poughkeepsie Journal, November 27, 1960.
82. Judith Frutig, “Dr. Seuss’s Green-Eggs-and-Ham World,” Christian Science Monitor, May 12, 1978.
83. “He Makes C-A-T Spell Big Money,” Business Week, July 18, 1960.
84. Dan Carlinsky, “The Wily Ruse of Doctor Seuss: Or, How Ted Geisel Has Done Real Well,” Magazine of the Boston Herald American, March 4, 1979.
85. Robert Kupferberg, “A Seussian Celebration,” Parade, February 26, 1984.
86. TSG, “Writing for Children: A Mission,” Los Angeles Times, November 27, 1960.
87. Ibid.
88. Bennett Cerf, Columbia University Oral History Research Office, Notable New Yorkers: Bennett Cerf, Session 10. Available online at www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/digital/collections/nny/cerfb/toc.html.
89. See Ernest Havemann, “No More a Headache, Book Business Booms,” Life, May 12, 1961.
90. See “Random House to Buy Beginner Books,” Publishers Weekly, August 8, 1960.
91. Cerf, Columbia University Oral History Research Office.
92. Jordan, “Dr. Seuss.”
93. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 168.
94. Sullivan, “Oh, the Places He Went!”
95. Michael J. Bandler, “Wearing the Hat: Dr. Seuss’ Characters Live On, Thanks to the Woman Who Fans the Fantasy,” Chicago Tribune, November 20, 1994.
Chapter 12. The Work
1. Stan and Jan Berenstain, Down a Sunny Dirt Road: An Autobiography (New York: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2002), 136.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid., 144.
4. Ibid., 145.
5. Ibid., 146.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid., 150.
8. Ibid.
9. Ibid., 144.
10. Ibid.
11. Ibid., 151.
12. Ibid., 153.
13. Judith Morgan, interview with the author.
14. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 173.
15. Ibid.
16. “Dr. Seuss Remembered,” Publishers Weekly, October 25, 1991.
17. Clifford Jordan, “Dr. Seuss,” Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, October 1962.
18. Lewis Nichols, “Then I Doodled a Tree,” New York Times Book Review, November 11, 1962.
19. E. J. Kahn, “Profiles: Children’s Friend,” The New Yorker, December 17, 1960.
20. “Oldest City Employee, Geisel, 81 on Tuesday,” Springfield Union, June 24, 1960.
21. “Dr. Seuss’ ‘Sneetches’, Mice, Owls, ‘How to Ooze’” The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), November 12, 1961.
22. Jordan, “Dr. Seuss.”
23. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 176.
24. Nichols, “Then I Doodled a Tree.”
25. Frank Graham, “Dr. Seuss Is on the Loose,” untitled and undated newspaper clipping, c. 1958, Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
26. TSG notes, cited in Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 176.
27. Ibid., 176–77.
28. Jordan, “Dr. Seuss.”
29. Bennett Cerf, Columbia University Oral History Research Office.
30. “Dr. Seuss Remembered.”
31. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 177.
32. Bennett Cerf, Columbia University Oral History Research Office.
33. Berenstain, Down a Sunny Dirt Road, 157.
34. Ibid., 158.
35. Ibid., 162.
36. Ibid., 163.
37. Ibid., 164.
38. Peter Bunzel, “The Wacky World of Dr. Seuss.”
39. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 172.
40. “The 25th Anniversary of Dr. Seuss,” Publishers Weekly, December 17, 1962.
41. Arthur Gordon, “The Wonderful Wizard of Soledad Hill,” Woman’s Day, September 1965.
42. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 180.
43. Ibid., 178.
44. Ibid., 179.
45. Ibid.
46. See Random House press release, “News About a Brand New Kind of Book,” 1963, Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
47. “Dr. Seuss Gets ‘Indorsement’ by Expert, 6,” Indianapolis Star, June 16, 1963.
48. Rome Neal, “Dr. Seuss: Fun with Words,” CBS Sunday Morning, March 4, 2004.
49. Gordon, “The Wonderful Wizard of Soledad Hill.”
50. C. Robert Jennings, “Dr. Seuss: ‘What Am I Doing Here?’” Saturday Evening Post, October 23, 1965.
51. Robert Cahn, “The Wonderful World of Dr. Seuss,” Saturday Evening Post, July 6, 1957.
52. Shirley Jackson, “His Personal Prescription,” San Francisco Examiner, November 10, 1963.
53. Bennett Cerf, Columbia University Oral History Research Office.
54. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 179.
55. Ibid.
56. Michael Frith, interview with the author.
57. An Awfully Big Adventure: The Making of Modern Children’s Literature [Dr. Seuss]. Produced and directed by Roger Parsons. London: BBC, 1998.
58. Bennett Cerf, Columbia University Oral History Research Office.
Chapter 13. Stink. Stank. Stunk.
1. Stan and Jan Berenstain, Down a Sunny Dirt Road: An Autobiography (New York: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2002), 168.
2. Jonathan Cott, “The Good Dr. Seuss,” in Pipers at the Gates of Dawn: The Wisdom of Children’s Literature (New York:
Random House, 1983).
3. Michael Frith, interview with the author.
4. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 166.
5. Kathryn Ringrose, “Interview with Dr. Roger Revelle, May 15–16, 1985,” University of California, San Diego 25th Anniversary Oral History Project Interview. Retrieved at https://library.ucsd.edu/speccoll/siooralhistories/2010-44-Revelle.pdf.
6. Donald Freeman, “The Nonsensical World of Dr. Seuss,” McCall’s, November 1964.
7. “Just What the Doctor Ordered . . . Green Eggs and Ham for the Cat in the Hat,” Star Sports & Magazine, May 8, 1976.
8. Judith Morgan, “Mrs. Theodor Geisel Dies; Author, La Jolla Leader,” San Diego Union, October 24, 1967.
9. Judith Morgan, interview with the author.
10. Judith Frutig, “Dr. Seuss’s Green-Eggs-and-Ham World,” Christian Science Monitor, May 12, 1978.
11. Ibid.
12. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 188.
13. Judith Morgan, interview with the author.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Michael J. Bandler, “Wearing the Hat: Dr. Seuss’ Characters Live On, Thanks to the Woman Who Fans the Fantasy,” Chicago Tribune, November 20, 1994.
17. Judith Morgan, interview with the author.
18. Ibid.
19. TSG, I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew.
20. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 182.
21. Ibid., 186.
22. Michael Frith, e-mail to the author.
23. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 187.
24. Neil Morgan, “A Troublesome Crew Before Solla Sollew,” San Diego Union, October 17, 1965.
25. Paula Leibson, “Just Browsing,” El Paso Times, May 16, 1965.
26. TSG, Fox in Socks, 1965.
27. See TSG to “Chuck,” July 24, 1967, Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
28. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 188.
29. Bob Bernstein, interviewed by Andrew Albanese, “Human Rights Watcher: PW Talks with Former Random House Editor Bob Bernstein,” Publishers Weekly, May 13, 2016.
30. See Opal Crandall, “Dr. Seuss Storybook Characters Provide Fanciful Fun for 1,400 at Charity Ball,” San Diego Union, February 7, 1966.
31. Dorothy O’ Toole, “Dr. Seuss Ball Delights Adults; Story Book Setting is Created,” San Diego Tribune, February 7, 1966.
32. Ibid.
33. Leslie Raddatz, “Dr. Seuss Climbs Down from His Mountain . . . to Bring the Grinch to Television,” TV Guide, December 17, 1966.
34. “Skeptical Dr. Seuss,” Miami Herald TV Preview, December 11, 1966.
35. Chuck Jones, Chuck Reducks: Drawing from the Fun Side of Life (New York: Warner Books, 1996), 266.
36. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 189.
37. Ibid.
38. Jones, Chuck Reducks: Drawing from the Fun Side of Life, 267.
39. Hal Humphrey, “Special Visit with the Whos,” Los Angeles Times, December 1966.
40. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 189.
41. Jones, Chuck Reducks: Drawing from the Fun Side of Life, 266.
42. Ibid., 255.
43. Ibid., 275.
44. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 189.
45. Jones, Chuck Reducks: Drawing from the Fun Side of Life, 276.
46. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 190
47. Robert J. McKinnon, Stepping Into the Picture: Cartoon Designer Maurice Noble (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2008), 156–57.
48. Jones, Chuck Reducks: Drawing from the Fun Side of Life, 271.
49. Ibid., 270.
50. See TSG notes for How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD.
51. This is the way Jones spells it. See Jones, Chuck Reducks: Drawing from the Fun Sude of Life, 270.
52. Ibid., 270.
53. See How the Grinch Stole Christmas! recording scripts, Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD.
54. Ibid.
55. Mark Arnold, “He’s Grrrrreat! The Thurl Ravenscroft Interview,” originally published in Hogan’s Alley 14, 1994. Reprinted at http://cartoonician.com/hes-grrrrreat-the-thurl-ravenscroft-interview/.
56. Ibid. Ravenscroft’s contribution—as critical to the song as the lyrics themselves—would mistakenly go uncredited, an oversight Geisel found embarrassing.
57. See TSG’s handwritten notes in his copy of How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD.
58. McKinnon, Stepping Into the Picture, 158.
59. Ibid.
60. Jones, Chuck Reducks: Drawing from the Fun Side of Life, 266.
61. Jack Gould, “‘The Grinch’ a Bit Short of Expectation,” New York Times, December 19, 1966.
62. Hal Humphrey, “‘Grinch’ Disappointing Christmas Special,” Los Angeles Times, December 19, 1966.
63. Cynthia Lowry, “Seuss’ ‘Grinch’ Great on Teevee,” Tampa Times, December 19, 1966.
64. Richard K. Shull, “Commercially Speaking About Christmas Spirit,” Indianapolis News, December 19, 1966; Sandra Hinson, “Walt’s Own Show Fitting Tribute to Disney,” Orlando Sentinel, December 19, 1966; Harry Harris, “Seuss Makes Debut on CBS with Story of ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas,’” Philadelphia Inquirer, December 19, 1966.
65. Donald Freeman, “Seuss’ Grinch a TV Triumph,” San Diego Union, December 20, 1966.
66. Judith Morgan, interview with the author.
67. Ibid.
68. Many newspapers picked up the UPI account of Ted’s arrest. See, for example, “Drunk Driving Charge Laid to Kids’ Author,” Springfield Leader & Press (Springfield, MO), March 26, 1967.
69. “Dr. Seuss Was Soused?” Santa Rosa Press Democrat, March 26, 1967.
70. Jones, Chuck Reducks: Drawing from the Fun Side of Life, 262.
71. See “Memo to Chuck Jones from Nick Iuppa,” February 6, 1967, Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD.
72. Norma Lee Browning, “TV Sets Movieland Party Scene,” Chicago Tribune, September 20, 1967.
73. Robert Bernstein, Speaking Freely: My Life in Publishing and Human Rights (New York: New Press, 2016), 63.
74. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 193.
75. Ibid., 194.
76. Ibid.
Chapter 14. I Intend to Go On Doing Just What I Do
1. Judith Morgan and Neil Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel: A Biography (New York: Random House, 1995), 197.
2. Ibid.
3. Helen’s suicide note is in the archives of the Office of the Medical Examiner, County of San Diego. Cited in Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 195.
4. Ibid., 195.
5. Ibid., 198.
6. Ibid., 197–98.
7. Al Perkins to Edwin Pease, October 24, 1967, Rauner Special Collections Library, Dartmouth College.
8. Neil Morgan, “Mostly Morgan,” San Diego Tribune, October 31, 1967.
9. “Dr. Seuss: Rhymes and Reasons,” Biography, A&E Television, Peter Jones Productions, November 30, 2003.
10. Ibid.
11. Judith Morgan, interview with the author.
12. “Dr. Seuss: Rhymes and Reasons.”
13. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 201.
14. Ibid., 201.
15. Joyce Wadler, “Public Lives: Mrs. Seuss Hears a Who, and Tells About It,” New York Times, November 29, 2000.
16. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 201.
17. Judith Morgan, interview with the author.
18. Hilliard Harper, “The Private World of Dr. Seuss: A Visit to Theodor Geisel’s La Jolla Mountaintop,” Los Angeles Times Magazine, Ma
y 25, 1986.
19. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 202. While the Morgans refer to The Hand Book as a Beginner Book, there would never be a Beginner Book by that name. More likely, Perkins’s book would be reconfigured as the Bright and Early Book Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb, which was published in 1969.
20. Ibid.
21. Helen Paske, “Does Dr. Seuss Live Here?” Sunday Times (NZ), May 9, 1976.
22. Wadler, “Public Lives: Mrs. Seuss Hears a Who . . .”
23. Charlene Scott, “At Springfield’s New Dr. Seuss Museum, a ‘Perfect’ Tribute to the Best-Seller’s Life and Career,” WBUR, June 2, 2017.
24. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 203.
25. Michael Frith, interview with the author.
26. Ibid.
27. Ibid.
28. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 199.
29. J.B., “Beginning Beginners,” Cincinnati Enquirer, December 5, 1968.
30. “Some New Books for the Juniors,” Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, CA), November 2, 1968.
31. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 205.
32. “The Seuss and the Suit,” Newsweek, December 1968.
33. Sidney E. Zion, “‘Dr. Seuss’ Loses a Copyright Suit: Court Rules Company Has Right to Produce Dolls,” New York Times, December 17, 1968.
34. Michael Frith, interview with the author.
35. Richard F. Shepard, “Dr. Seuss Beasts Trample Word List,” New York Times, October 17, 1968.
36. Michael Frith, interview with the author.
37. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 205.
38. Colin Dangaard, “Dr. Seuss Reigns Supreme as King of the Kids,” Boston Herald American, November 21, 1976.
39. Susan Berman, “Real-Life Seuss Welcomes Kids to ‘Hoos,’” Dayton Daily News, September 29, 1971.
40. Pauline Ray, “Persons: Slow Geisel Shows How Sly Seuss Grows,” New Zealand Listener, June 5, 1976.
41. Carolyn See, “Dr. Seuss and the Naked Ladies: Blowing the Lid Off the Private Life of America’s Most Beloved Author,” Esquire, June 1974. Ted would never reveal what the proposal for the dirty book had been about.
42. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 209.
43. Ibid., 208.
44. Donald Freeman, “The Nonsensical World of Dr. Seuss,” McCall’s, November 1964.
45. Morgan and Morgan, Dr. Seuss & Mr. Geisel, 209.
46. Tom Green, “Dr. Seuss Bulldozes Bulldozers,” Courier-Post (Camden, NJ), February 7, 1972.