![]() He sneaked into his family’s kitchen at night to take food.Īt 19, Albert joined the Merchant Marine, but was discharged after a confrontation with an officer. He used a sledgehammer to break into parking meters. Living in an abandoned railroad car a few miles from his parents’ house, he stole milk and bread from the doorsteps of nearby homes. He was kicked off his high school wrestling team for fighting.Īt age 17, he dropped out of school and left home. As young Albert entered adolescence, his behavior was changing from mischievous to criminal.Īt age 15, Albert was arrested twice, first for smashing a traffic light and then for taking a car on a joy ride. They valued the copyright to “Goodnight Moon” at $500.īut the Clarke family had more immediate concerns. ![]() In 1957, when Albert Edward Clarke III was 13, the executors of Margaret Brown’s estate estimated that the 79 titles Brown left to Albert would be worth about $17,500 when he turned 21. Crowell & Co., and in and to all contracts for the publication thereof, to Albert Clarke, if he survives me.” Inc., Cadmus Books Agency, Harvill Press and Thomas I. Scott Inc., Harper & Bros., Simon & Schuster, Lothrop Lee & Shepard & Co. “I give and bequeath all of my right, title and interest of every kind and nature in and to all books written by me and published by D.C. ![]() My previous post was about the late Margaret Wise Brown, an author of children’s books who bequeathed her future royalties to the nine-year-old son of a family friend. ![]()
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