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January 29, 2010

Not About the Flea

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“To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it.” -- Herman Melville

Posted by Vanderleun at January 29, 2010 10:43 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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I don't know Gerard...Rats, Lice and History by Hans Zinsser has been in print since 1935. It's a (somewhat rambling but entertaining) story about the Typhus bacillus.

Posted by: Soviet of Washington at January 30, 2010 11:17 AM

What about "Dreams of My Fleather?"

Posted by: ahem at January 31, 2010 12:52 PM

Oh I dunno. A flea wrote a great autobiography.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Autobiography_of_a_Flea

Posted by: Joe Hooker at January 31, 2010 1:05 PM

"I don't think you can i have only seen a short version of it on the finding madeleine website."

Posted by: Selma Lerwill at August 6, 2011 3:39 AM

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