Silverstein In Moscow

March, 1958

Silverstein in MoscowPeripatetic Shel Silverstein, having amiably ambled into many a country and many a clime during his sketching tour of the world, started to amble into Moscow and stubbed his toe on a certain Curtain. Undaunted, he resorted to subterfuge and tried to get in as a tourist. No deal. He then tried again as a journalist. Nyet. Finally he passed himself off as a member of an American youth rally (despite his luxuriant chin-spinach), whereupon the editors of Playboy received a colle...