tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post3949933856069577238..comments2024-03-27T11:26:20.466-07:00Comments on The Passing Tramp: Death in the Heart of Dixie (and the Windy City too): The Forties Crime Novels of Sara Elizabeth Mason (1911-1993)The Passing Tramphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-25843568427447086912023-01-31T20:09:56.411-08:002023-01-31T20:09:56.411-08:00Mr. Mason, I am sorry I missed your comments, woul...Mr. Mason, I am sorry I missed your comments, would love to get in touch with you. An article on Crimereads coming up that should interest you!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-79686710944953305372019-09-09T22:38:46.429-07:002019-09-09T22:38:46.429-07:00Mr. Evans aka ...The Passing Tramp, I did not Than...Mr. Evans aka ...The Passing Tramp, I did not Thank you for your review and the attributes you gave my Great Aunt. The time and work you committed was very commendable and I would personally like to Thank You for all the kindness you provided.<br />Like you mentioned about your Uncle, it was a privilege just to know her. Thank you, SirStanhope B Mason IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641206003340173736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-72597559416747383482019-07-29T22:24:43.149-07:002019-07-29T22:24:43.149-07:00Hello...Thank you she was very unique! As many wom...Hello...Thank you she was very unique! As many woman of that era helped with the war efforts and the rebuilding she taught school for the servicemen's children in Germany. After her return to the United States she again stayed with that profession and continued to teach school in Gadsden, Al. where her parents resided. As time passed she painted and was very good, I have several of her works and it still amazes me at the depth and perception she saw and envisioned. She cared for her parents as they passed through their "Golden Years" and her love for the Library was always there. She was always dabbling in something and helping where needed. As you implied "Unique" is a very good observation but still I feel she was deserving of more. As she would politely say with wit and her charming Southern grace, Thank You. Stanhope B Mason IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641206003340173736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-6931882734461360202019-07-20T11:32:33.255-07:002019-07-20T11:32:33.255-07:00...Saturday,July 20,2019
...Wow Stanhope, I just ......Saturday,July 20,2019<br /><br />...Wow Stanhope, I just discovered your Great Aunt's writing skill yesterday, rummaging through 70 years of my storage. (I'm just now finishing up her last (4th) mystery "The Whip"...very unique and very good. Could you tell us why she suddenly stopped her mystery writing after the 40s ?...(She had a long life following that era)...I have no doubts she could have (commercially) rivaled the very top writers in the mystery genre, from then up to today...Thanks for plugging in !...J. BallardJames Ballardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13462724317228617569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-79996154693036069832019-04-06T01:04:15.910-07:002019-04-06T01:04:15.910-07:00Thanks so much for posting, I'm so glad to hea...Thanks so much for posting, I'm so glad to hear from family members about her. I hope the introduction did justice.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-43209449427695750862019-04-02T17:43:05.308-07:002019-04-02T17:43:05.308-07:00Sissy as we knew her, always teaching, always an e...Sissy as we knew her, always teaching, always an elegant southern lady, I have my love of reading due to her, and us 4 boys spent many summer days in the Birmingham Public Library reading program.she was my great aunt and second mother. I'll always have fond memories of her.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05938124074080470441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-66797477045824426672018-06-30T00:05:28.399-07:002018-06-30T00:05:28.399-07:00She was the same age, by the way, as my Uncle Loui...She was the same age, by the way, as my Uncle Louis, my mother's oldest brother, someone about whom I felt like you describe. Such a smart man, a privilege to know him. He died three years after your Great Aunt.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-71621003719471830692018-06-30T00:02:56.752-07:002018-06-30T00:02:56.752-07:00Thanks you so much for commenting. I did try to g...Thanks you so much for commenting. I did try to get in touch with some of her relations, but had no success. It was a great pleasure to me getting to write about her, as it took me back to my own days in Alabama.The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-55693863445600938932018-06-29T23:58:53.726-07:002018-06-29T23:58:53.726-07:00Hope you like them!Hope you like them!The Passing Tramphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09830680639601570152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-29486416517271894292018-06-24T10:41:39.839-07:002018-06-24T10:41:39.839-07:00She was my Great Aunt and a True Lady. Always the ...She was my Great Aunt and a True Lady. Always the educator, with trips to discover Moundville, AL. to trips to the Birmingham Library. On a personal note she taught me to read and one would think the greatest gift one could ever receive. She would take my brothers and I on our annual Christmas shopping tour at the Downtown Woolworths, their she taught us patience and taught us how to wrap a gift, always the educator. Without any doubt the smartest Lady I have ever known. To family and friends she was known as Sissie as for me she was my other Mom I will always miss but never forget. Stanhope B Mason IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641206003340173736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137677673775151256.post-23342816561506463842018-06-22T05:04:14.833-07:002018-06-22T05:04:14.833-07:00Chad sent me some of Mason's work a little whi...Chad sent me some of Mason's work a little while ago so I hope to give them a go soon. Thanks for introduction.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800837907092489noreply@blogger.com