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Re: JV in Switzerland

From: margot <margot~at~attglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 09:29:21 -0500
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

Dear friends,

This is a typical tentative to implement or propagate another legend
about JV. Years ago, I searched in Switzerland traces of one or
several possible visits by JV, trying to find confirmation and proof
of some facts published by apparently serious writers and journalists.
I discovered how easy it is to create a legend and to propagate it.
It's not here the place to give you all the details, but, as usual, if
somebody is interested, I can xerox several articles by Cecile
Compere, Alain Froidefond and myself about the legend of JV visiting
Switzerland.

JV makes it easier than another celebrity, because of the "dark" time
periods in his life (no letters, no pointers to know where he was for
weeks, sometimes even months).

Jean-Michel Margot
 

Garmt de Vries wrote:
>
> Dear friends,
>
> In a bookstore I recently found a book about walking trails in Europe. One
> of the trails was 'in the footsteps of Sherlock Holmes', and set in
> Switzerland. The author is walking near the river Gemmi, and stops at the
> Berghotel Schwarenbach. The village of Schwarenbach (near Kandersteg) has
> a bad reputation, because of a book by Zacharias (!) Werner, entitled 'De
> vierundzwanstigste Februar', which is about murders in Schwarenbach. The
> owner of the Berghotel has a list of famous people who stayed there:
> Alexandre Dumas, Coolidge, Jules Verne, Maupassant, Mark Twain, Arthur
> Conan Doyle, Picasso, Lenin.
>
> Why don't we know about this trip? It would be interesting to see if this
> list is just a list of names put together by the owner (presumably), or if
> it is a guestbook.
>
> I'll try to find this Berghotel on the web, and write to them. I'll keep
> you updated.
>
> BTW, the author of the book I read this in, is Herbert Paulzen. The title
> is 'Blaren, eelt en natte voeten' (Blisters, corn and wet feet).
>
> Regards,
> Garmt.
Received on Tue 28 Mar 2000 - 16:21:05 IST

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