Crumb Family History Part 5

I guess about the only time I can remember Mother crying out of sadness was when I went into the Marine Corps. Harve was going to take me to Waseca to catch the train and we were out in the yard and Mother was beside the car and
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Crumb Family History Part 6

Of course in 1973 I started getting letters from Dot, Irene and Benny and people like that telling me that Mother was visibly fading. They said you should come and see her and at that time I was scheduled to go to Taiwan. So I
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The Crumb Brothers on Treasure Island (by Maxon Crumb)

Robert's brother, Maxon, reflects on their childhood fascination with Treasure Island, and the inspiration for Robert's famed Treasure Island Days story. Robert, Charles & Maxon Crumb Charles / painful
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Crumb Family History Part 1

This is Chuck. Dorothy, our oldest sister, has asked me to do an audio tape in memory of our father and mother. The following are the exact words taken from this tape, for my brothers and sisters, their wives and husbands and
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Crumb Family History Part 2

  If you did something wrong, Dad really didn’t have to bawl you out. He had ways of making you punish yourself. I remember one spring when I was home. I was a young man and I planted all the grain with the four-horse drill
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Crumb Family History Part 3

Later, of course, if you will recall, I was assigned to teach at Iowa State and in the fall of 1950 Dad came down to visit with Mother. Of course Bea had all the food that he liked lined up, and you know how he liked good food.
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Crumb Family History Part 4

In talking about Mother, I guess I’d have to say that she was almost the complete opposite from Dad. She was very intense, very much concerned at all times with doing the basic things that would keep her family alive, healthy
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Robert Crumb Biography

Highlights of Robert Crumb's Life. This biography was written by Alexander Wood and was edited by Robert Crumb. All artwork is © Robert Crumb. 
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