Barbara Branden repeats a story from a cousin of Rand's, who claimed that Rand took the name from a Remington-Rand typewriter while living with relatives in Chicago in 1926. Although widely repeated, this story contains an impossible anachronism: Remington Typewriter did not merge with Rand Kardex until 1927, so Rand could not possibly have owned a "Remington-Rand" typewriter in 1926. Nor could it have been a Rand Kardex typewriter, because that company did not make typewriters. noblesoul
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The Passion of James Valliants Criticism, Part II by Neil Parille Introduction In my essay The Passion of James Valliants Criticism, I focused primarily on James Valliants use of Nathaniel and Barbara Brandens books as sources. www.objectivistliving.com/