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Nature
Fantastic Flyers Legend tells that
an oriental dragonfly so pleased the emperor by eating a bothersome
horsefly that the grateful “heaven ruler” bestowed the name Akitsushima,
or Isle of the Dragonfly, upon Japan. A southwestern American Indian myth
tells of the dragonfly being created by a boy who fashioned a toy out of
cornhusks to brighten the spirits of his sister after she and he were
abandoned by their parents. The toy eventually came to life as a dragonfly
and became a messenger between gods and men.Dragonflies are used as an
ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine, are considered haute cuisine
by some aborigines of South America and elsewhere, and long have been
portrayed on talismans and other ware as an inspirer of hope among
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Heritage
Four-Wheel First Tom Smith isn’t really certain how he came to be so caught up in the story of C.R. Patterson, but thinks it has to do with the fact that they shared the same business. “My dad was in the car business, and I grew up in the car business,” he muses. “I guess it was interesting to me. I’ve been searching for stuff on the guy since the mid-’80s.” Today, he has a large collection. Henry May, on the other hand, is quite sure how he became attracted to Patterson’s story: “He’s a distant, distant, distant cousin,” he says proudly. “My grandmother’s sister was married to Frederick Patterson, one of C.R. Patterson’s sons, and my mother used to visit them all the time as a girl.” When he was researching his mother’s history, he ran across the Pattersons and was hooked enough to write a book. Who is this figure who’s has been able to inspire such fascination across the decades that he’s driven two such different men to such similar pursuits and passions?”
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