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Newspaper Article
Biography revives spirit of legendary author
2005
Overview
As I read through [W. O. Mitchell]: The Years of Fame 1948-1998, a biography written by Mitchell's son Ormond and his daughter-in-law Barbara, it brought back memories of the writer in Windsor. A few years later, when CBC asked Mitchell to do a Christmas show reading a story from his popular Jake and the Kid, he negotiated as part of his contract a pair of size 7 Bauer Supreme skates for [Andre] because he wanted him to be part of the show. Mitchell felt at home here: \"He could be heard banging away on the electric typewriter (he destroyed three typewriters in Windsor alone) from about eleven to four every day, including Saturdays and Sundays. Quite soon his office took on the Mitchell ambience of brown snuff and tea stains. Pungent eucalyptus scent and brown smudges permeated everything, including his manuscript pages ... and every part of Mitchell himself -- shirt fronts, fingers, moustache, and hair.\"
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Postmedia Network Inc
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