re: #152 SanFranciscoZionist

Although I work, and seldom cease,
At Dumas pere and Dumas fils,
Alas, I cannot make me care
For Dumas fils and Dumas pere.

That’s Dorothy Parker’s take, I rather like Dumas.

I also find the whole back story of his family quite fascinating. Pere’s father, and Fils’ grandfather was ‘Napoleon’s black general’, also known as ‘the black devil’. French-Haitian. Generally kick-ass.

One of those little known facts of history that was white-washed for American’s. Fils (?) was a black man.