Quote of the day
His own image... was no longer the reflection of a clumsy, dirty, gray bird, ugly and offensive. He himself was a swan! Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
George Haven Putnam
Born: April 2, 1844
Died: February 27, 1930 (aged 85)
Bio: George Haven Putnam A.M., Litt.D. was an American soldier, publisher, and author. He married classical scholar Emily James Smith Putnam. He was the father of medieval historian Bertha Haven Putnam and wind power pioneer Palmer Cosslett Putnam.
Known for:
- The little gingerbread man (1910)
- Abraham Lincoln (1911)
- Memories of a Publisher 1865 - 1915 (1915)







