08 Apr 06 - 06:57 AM (#1713062) Subject: Happy! - Apr 8 (Frank Shay) From: Abby Sale Happy Birthday! Frank Shay was born in East Orange, New Jersey, April 8, 1888 (died January 14, 1954) Sailor, chantey collector, editor of Iron men & wooden ships : deep sea chanties, 1924; also of My Pious Friends and Drunken Companions and of More Pious Friends in 1927 --- sergeant in World War I, book merchant, author, auctioneer, lumberjack; also proprietor of the Frank Shay's Travelling Bookshop. Early warning notice: This series of the Happy File noncontinues beginning April 16. Copyright © 2005, Abby Sale - all rights reserved What are Happy's all about? See Clicky |