The Los Angeles Times published a long obituary in the Sunday (August 15) edition of the paper. Here are the first three paragraphs of the obit:
Unable to use his hands because of a childhood bout with polio, Paul K. Longmore wrote his first book by punching a keyboard with a pen he held in his mouth. It took him 10 years, and when he was done, he burned a copy in front of the Federal Building downtown.
By taking a match to “The Invention of George Washington” in 1988, the scholar brought national attention to a campaign to reform Social Security policies that discourage disabled professionals from working.
Some of the most restrictive penalties were soon lifted — including one preventing him from earning royalties on books — in a policy change that became known as the Longmore Amendment.
And – appropriately – there is another long obituary in AHA Today – a publication of the American Historical Association.
I’m still working on putting together at least a few of Paul Longmore’s NDY-related writings for the blog. It might take a bit since some things that were once online seem to have disappeared. All that means is it will take me a little longer than I’d hoped. –Stephen Drake