June 14th is a big day in France: Bastille Day. June 16th is a big day in Australia: Wombat Day. However, it is June 15th that is a big day in the United States: Cow Appreciation Day (information HERE).
June 15th is more than Cow Appreciation Day though. It is also Qwerty Jean Dickinson's birthday. Qwerty Jean Dickinson is the daughter of Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request) and Oliveti Remington.
Emmett Lee Dickinson's fourth wife, Oliveti Remington, was the daughter of Eliphalet Remington, manufacturer of firearms and typewriters. It was Remington who designed the typewriter’s top row of keys to honor his granddaughter.
June 15th is more than Cow Appreciation Day though. It is also Qwerty Jean Dickinson's birthday. Qwerty Jean Dickinson is the daughter of Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request) and Oliveti Remington.
Emmett Lee Dickinson's fourth wife, Oliveti Remington, was the daughter of Eliphalet Remington, manufacturer of firearms and typewriters. It was Remington who designed the typewriter’s top row of keys to honor his granddaughter.
Pictured above: The only known likeness of Qwerty Jean Dickinson.
Harper Lee wrote the definitive biography of Qwerty Jean Dickinson. She later fictionalized the work in her acclaimed novel To Kill A Mockingbird. In that novel, she based Atticus Finch on Emmett Lee Dickinson (as a lawyer instead of a poet), and she patterned Scout on Qwerty Jean. The character of Dill was based on Emily Dickinson, although many readers have mistakenly identified that character with Truman Capote.
Pictured at the right: Harper Lee's acclaimed biography Qwerty: Qwerty Jean Dickinson -- A Life is the definitive biography of Qwerty Jean Dickinson.
Year's after the publication of Qwerty, Harper Lee's publicist found the manuscript for Go Get A Walkman, a biography of Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request).
Lee was fascinated by the life and work of Emmett Lee Dickinson. Her favorite work of his was a poem called "Revolution was the iPod," and in her research on Dickinson, she discovered that it was his advances in electronics that led to the development of both the Boom Box and the Walkman.
She wrote the work on Dickinson prior to writing Qwerty, and then tucked it away in a safe deposit box when her publisher pushed her to complete a book on Qwerty Jean. The discovery of Go Get A Walkman was a worldwide sensation when it was finally published.
Pictured at the left: Harper Lee's sensational biography of Emmett Lee Dickinson, Go Get a Walkman.
Lee was fascinated by the life and work of Emmett Lee Dickinson. Her favorite work of his was a poem called "Revolution was the iPod," and in her research on Dickinson, she discovered that it was his advances in electronics that led to the development of both the Boom Box and the Walkman.
She wrote the work on Dickinson prior to writing Qwerty, and then tucked it away in a safe deposit box when her publisher pushed her to complete a book on Qwerty Jean. The discovery of Go Get A Walkman was a worldwide sensation when it was finally published.
Pictured at the left: Harper Lee's sensational biography of Emmett Lee Dickinson, Go Get a Walkman.
Below left: Harper Lee's favorite poem by Emmett Lee Dickinson. Below right: Dickinson's poem inspired his third cousin Emily to write "Revolution is the Pod."
| By Emmett Lee Dickinson: Revolution was the iPod Systems rattled from When the Winds of Wii were stirred Electronics in Bloom Connected in its Base Station Always Syncing to The Computer of itself, Plugged-in Synergy – Left inactive on my Couch With my iPhone held Robotic I shake my head Could my Brian be dead? | By Emily Dickinson: Revolution is the Pod Systems rattle from When the Winds of Will are stirred Excellent is Bloom But except its Russet Base Every Summer be The Entomber of itself, So of Liberty – Left inactive on the Stalk All its Purple fled Revolution shakes it for Test if it be dead. |
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