The Prince of Paradox: G.K. Chesterton and the Art of the Epigram

The Prince of Paradox: G.K. Chesterton and the Art of the Epigram
G.K. Chesteron at work at Crisis Magazine. Public Domain
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Born in 1874 in England, as an adult he stood 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighed close to 300 pounds. He often wore a cape, smoked cigars, carried a sword, praised beer and alehouses, and converted to Catholicism. His bulk and eccentricities made him a popular figure for caricature.

When he married Blogg in 1901,

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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