Thoreau Never Mentioned The Damn Bugs!

August, 1974

Two Days after my 30th birthday (candles, bourbon and stretch socks from six different states), death threats started arriving in the mail. They came from friends.Vince DeWitt--who is only 4/64ths of this story--added the following postscript to an otherwise happy birthday letter: "I don't like to say anything, Hougan, but people are beginning to talk. They're using strange, vituperative words. Swindle, for instance, and land-grab. Now, don't get me wrong. I love you like a brother and, God...

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