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I'm probably walking into a buzz saw here, since I don't know much about Charles Fort, and I probably ough to since I'm related to him. My grandmother (fathers mother), Pauline Downing Fort was Charles Fort's niece.
She died in 1971 but at family gatherings she told us a few stories about meeting the man they used to call "Crazy Charlie". She remembered (as a young girl in thelate teens / early20's) going to his apartment, which I think was in Bronx, NY, which was cluttered, messy, and housed an "attack" bird of some kind (probably a parrot) who used to divebomb visitors.
I haven't perused these boards or even read much of what CF has written to understand why he has such a cult following, but someone suggested I do an internet seach, so that's how I got here.
My aunt, who is 80 years old, has a couple of things that belonged to CF, passed down by my grandmother, including some photographs and an first edition of "Book Of The Damned" he signed.
Just wondering....anyone else around here related to him?
Bob Rodman
She died in 1971 but at family gatherings she told us a few stories about meeting the man they used to call "Crazy Charlie". She remembered (as a young girl in thelate teens / early20's) going to his apartment, which I think was in Bronx, NY, which was cluttered, messy, and housed an "attack" bird of some kind (probably a parrot) who used to divebomb visitors.
I haven't perused these boards or even read much of what CF has written to understand why he has such a cult following, but someone suggested I do an internet seach, so that's how I got here.
My aunt, who is 80 years old, has a couple of things that belonged to CF, passed down by my grandmother, including some photographs and an first edition of "Book Of The Damned" he signed.
Just wondering....anyone else around here related to him?
Bob Rodman
