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Thread #2933   Message #3033887
Posted By: GUEST,squeezer17
16-Nov-10 - 06:07 PM
Thread Name: Background: StephenFoster's 'Hard Times'
Subject: RE: Background: StephenFoster's 'Hard Times'
Q, wasn't it published in January 1855? If so, it was possibly written in 1854, before the death of his parents. So when it came out, far from coming again no more, hard times were just about to hit him.