136), while Parsons has shiney (sic, both on the word and the spelling). “Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shiningpalace built upon the sand!”įorrest has it correct in TTOTC (pg. Vincent Millay quote ( Second Fig) also has a mistake: Mencken's original version of the first quote is clearly the true original source (it predates the First Indochina War, 1946-1954, by at least 25 years), it seems Jim wasn't familiar with it. Hi Russ - it's interesting that Jim Parsons' version of Forrest's two quotes are each inconsistent with what's in TTOTC. Interestingly, if one takes the line "and leave my trove for all to seek" and reverses it to:Ĭorrecting Forrest's spelling errors gives:ĪRT FEVER TIME VALE (VEIL) When I have passed this vale/veil This is the exact wording as in Thrill of the Chase so this is also the original source as opposed to Ernest Tubb.Īltogether, Forrest included four verses from Art Fever into The Thrill of the Chase. Did Forrest tell Jim that waterfall story all those years ago and Jim decided to include the quote?Īlso on this page is Millay's "Second Fig" poem, which Forrest quotes in The Thrill of the Chase (Forrest also quotes her "First Fig" poem as well).Īnd then in the next chapter is this poem, which you will recognize: Mencken's version is significantly different from The Thrill of the Chase version so this is likely the original source. Then I saw the "passed this veil" quote, which matches exactly (except "vale" is substituted for "veil") the verse in The Thrill of the Chase. I couldn't figure out why he would do that until I noticed that the chapter was about Forrest and aptly titled The Wizard of Oz. Then I flipped to chapter 24 and saw this:įorrest had signed the book years ago on this page and left it sitting on his shelf all that time. Towards the end in Chapter 23, I came upon this quote from Shakespeare that I thought was interesting because it is the same section of As You Like It that Forrest cites. The book sat for a few weeks on my shelf before I got around to reading it. So the deal was struck and I had Forrest sign right below Jim's inscription. The final copy we agreed on - it had an inscription from Jim but wasn't so special that Forrest cared about keep it. I was somewhat interested in that copy, but hoping for something better. There was a copy that had Forrest's book plate inside it but no inscription from Jim. Forrest didn't want to part with that copy. One copy was a limited edition that had a tipped-in original water color and a lengthy inscription from Jim to Forrest. I had noticed that Forrest had several copies of the book on his shelves and thought I would see if he would sell one. Forrest had a friend named Jim Parsons who was a big influence in the western art trade and eventually wrote a book called Art Fever on his experiences.
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