-- White, in "Afternoon of an American Boy"

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This week in "E. B. White Tonight" we're drawing on the 1954 White anthology. Apart from some background on Congressman Thomas, which we'll get to in the click-through, "Afternoon of an American Boy" doesn't seem to me to require any introduction. Rather the opposite: It provides us with some invaluable introduction to America's greatest essayist.For anyone who missed last night's kickoff of "E. B. White Tonight," which featured the amazing 1951"Notes and Comment" piece "Air Raid Drill," well, you really don't want to miss it.