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18 chapters · 0 published
The story of the world’s biggest holiday.
Contents
Prelude
drafting
77 words
Part I
The Most Successful Media Company of All Time
23,291 words
Part II
Your Dad Is Dead and Now You Must Feed The World
9,074 words
Part III
drafting
14 words
Bonus chapters digital only
Recent writing
Oct 26 Prelude · One or Two Josephs new
+77 words Oct 26 Part III · …Or Three Josephs new
+14 words Jul 1 Part II · Chapter 17 · madison historical society visit
+2,018 words since May 31 Jul 1 Part II · Chapter 11 · The Trip
+427 words since May 31 Jul 1 Part II · Chapter 14 · Epilogue
+2 words since May 31 Jul 1 Part II · Chapter 16 · other notes
+2 words since May 31 May 31 Part II · Chapter 14 · Epilogue
+806 words May 30 Part II · Chapter 14 · Epilogue
+535 words May 29 Part II · Chapter 14 · Epilogue
+3,264 words May 29 Part II · Chapter 13 · Conclusions
-3,251 words
Pace
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Date Words 2025-06-02 3,726 2025-06-03 3,847 2025-06-04 3,892 2025-06-05 4,009 2025-06-06 4,109 2025-06-07 4,263 2025-06-09 4,434 2025-06-10 4,736 2025-06-11 4,762 2025-06-12 4,773 2025-06-14 4,858 2025-06-22 4,910 2025-06-25 5,150 2025-06-26 5,169 2025-06-28 5,240 2025-06-29 5,356 2025-07-09 5,468 2025-07-11 5,684 2025-07-16 5,786 2025-07-19 5,949 2025-07-20 5,997 2025-07-24 6,128 2025-08-01 6,166 2025-08-02 6,366 2025-08-04 6,411 2025-08-05 6,446 2025-08-14 6,484 2025-08-18 6,612 2025-08-29 6,603 2025-08-30 6,625 2025-09-01 6,392 2025-09-02 6,678 2025-09-03 7,285 2025-09-04 9,604 2025-09-05 10,429 2025-09-06 10,832 2025-09-07 11,385 2025-09-08 12,659 2025-09-09 12,903 2025-09-10 15,620 2025-09-11 16,144 2025-09-12 19,581 2025-09-13 20,954 2025-09-14 21,106 2025-09-15 21,815 2025-09-16 22,479 2025-09-18 23,650 2025-09-20 24,216 2025-09-21 24,766 2025-09-22 27,860 2025-09-23 29,300 2026-01-24 29,302 2026-03-19 29,376 2026-03-26 29,406 2026-03-27 29,474 2026-04-25 29,703 2026-04-30 29,759 2026-05-01 32,396 2026-05-02 32,668 2026-05-03 34,426 2026-05-04 34,502 2026-05-05 34,882 2026-05-06 34,918 2026-05-07 34,937 2026-05-08 34,971 2026-05-09 35,064 2026-05-10 35,340 2026-05-11 35,410 2026-05-13 35,611 2026-05-14 35,932 2026-05-15 36,051 2026-05-17 36,232 2026-05-18 36,288 2026-05-19 36,441 2026-05-21 36,954 2026-05-22 37,091 2026-05-24 37,132 2026-05-26 37,210 2026-05-29 37,223 2026-05-30 37,758 2026-05-31 38,564 2026-07-01 41,013 2026-10-26 41,104
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