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Re:America's Great Poet of Darkness: A Reconsideration of Ro... by bdamm on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @02:21PM (#39921049)
The 1916 poem was based on a true story about a boy that Robert knew, who died in 1910. They did have circular-saw like machines in 1910 that were popular for cutting firewood, according to my wiki dive.
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Re:America's Great Poet of Darkness: A Reconsideration of Ro... by ghaff on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @04:12PM (#39922461)
Thanks. I would have assumed cutting firewood would have involved a chainsaw but apparently not.
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Re:America's Great Poet of Darkness: A Reconsideration of Ro... by wrycoder on Friday April 05, 2024 @12:23PM (#39944292)
Hadn’t been invented yet! No small gas engines in 1910.
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