Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Arkansas history A serious case of Beatlemania in Arkansas
Posted by Max Brantley on Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 8:43 AM
- gallerynucleus.com
- THEY LOVED THEM YEAH, YEAH, YEAH: Ecstatic fans were a staple in the Beatles' heyday.
Letters included one from a 15-year-old in El Dorado.
Janelle Blackwell’s arguments in this letter rested mostly on her own health and wellness. (“I and three other girls were so upset we couldn’t go to school today.”) Blackwell asked that her letter be treated as a business letter, though she acknowledged that she wasn’t quite sure how to write one: “This letter I know is not in good form of any kind … but I feel terrible. I’m 15 and I feel like 80.”
Slate links the actual letter, which includes this closing page:
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