tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post4837184817947393402..comments2024-03-09T13:49:36.566-06:00Comments on Prairie Bluestem: Rudyard Kipling 's Description of OmahaGenevieve Netzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-35695487909609174142007-11-21T23:25:00.000-06:002007-11-21T23:25:00.000-06:00Thanks for visiting, Pondering Pig. I hope you an...Thanks for visiting, Pondering Pig. I hope you and Patrushka are doing well.<BR/><BR/>I am glad that it's no longer acceptable to spit anywhere you please. I don't want to even think about that. Ugh.Genevieve Netzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-29375421216036712562007-11-20T09:08:00.000-06:002007-11-20T09:08:00.000-06:00I believe that about fifty years earlier, Charles ...I believe that about fifty years earlier, Charles Dickens also wrote a similarly caustic report on the USA for his English readers that he published as American Notes. I read it many years ago but I still remember his fascination with the American male habit of chewing tobacco and spitting without discrimination on any floor they happened to be standing on.Christopher Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03040506750850825847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-79020823891824738162007-11-20T02:45:00.000-06:002007-11-20T02:45:00.000-06:00Thanks for your comment, Collage Mama. I agree th...Thanks for your comment, Collage Mama. I agree that Kipling didn't make much effort to disguise his prejudices. <BR/><BR/>I read that the Burlington depot was on 10th Street. Elsewhere, I read that the biggest Czech neighborhood in Omaha was also on 10th Street. I don't know how close it was to the Burlington depot. Anyway, that may help explain his idea of the main ethnic backgrounds of Omaha.Genevieve Netzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004780820713448880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20637018.post-17959051109851623002007-11-19T19:10:00.000-06:002007-11-19T19:10:00.000-06:00Very interesting! Kipling certainly comes across ...Very interesting! Kipling certainly comes across as a racist snob. I like most of his writing, but I'll look at them through a slightly different lens now. <BR/><BR/>Omaha's traffic flow left much to be desired when I lived there in the 80's, but it is much better now.<BR/><BR/>Omaha has the headquarters of the Union Pacific Railroad, and a history museum in the fancy old railroad station. It also has one of the best zoos in the nation.Collagemamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03818246340865714754noreply@blogger.com