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The items contained
in the parcel that arrived from Don and Ruth Stewart, for me
opened an entirely different view of Edward Edson Lee. He became
more than a writer of a list of books that began with a story
published in the Daily Globe while living in Shelby and employed
at the Autocall Company. As the articles, snapshots, book covers,
mementos , and notes were uncovered, it became obvious that this
was a writer truly interested in knowing and writing for his
specific audience. Ruth's father, Willis Potthoff, was born at
nearly the same time as Edward Lee's son, Eugene. Since Edward
was specifically targeting those who were approximately his son's
age, Willis was also the recipient of all Leo Edwards' fun loving,
moral boosting entertainment. This then became the start of the
collection of items that revealed to me the history of his penchant
- love - fondness - for all things Leo Edwards. |