Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Odell Shepard

Born: July 22, 1884
Died: July 19, 1967 (aged 82)
Bio: Odell Shepard was an American professor, poet, and politician who was the 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1941 to 1943. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1938.
Known for:
- The Lore of the Unicorn (1930)
- Pedlar's Progress (1937)
- A Lonely Flute (1917)
- Thy Rod and Thy Creel (1930)