27 November

Born in 1894 – Katherine Milhous, American author and illustrator.

Above: Rural Pennsylvania poster, c. 1938

Also, born in 1909, American writer and critic James Agee.

In every child who is born, no matter what circumstances, and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again: and in him, too, once more, and of each of us, our terrific responsibility toward human life; toward the utmost idea of goodness, of the horror of terror, and of God.