Dr. Seuss’ And to Think that I Saw It on Mulberry Street :: Dr. Seuss Think that I Saw It on Mulberry Street

Dr. Seuss And to Think that I saw It on Mulberry bridle-pathThe story of how a stupid ply and a wagon on Mulberry Street grows into a story that no unrivaled wad beat. The adventure of Marco, and the things that he saw on Mulberry Street, began during the summer of 1936. Ted and Helen manage sail for Europe aboard the new luxury liner, the M.S. Kungsholm. Ted, finding it impracticable to settle while a summer storm hammered the ship, strode from one Kungsholm bar to another. While sipping on vodka on the rocks, he took a opus of stationery and started scribbling a rambling plot that began with a stupid buck and wagon.As the ship plowed the sea for eight sidereal days, the chugging rhythm of its engines reverberated in Teds head Da-da-DA-da-da-DUM-DUM, da-DA-da-da-DUM (Morgan, 80). Even after the Kungsholm had been docked for days, this rhythm was still stuck in his head. Taking Helens suggestion, he set out to develop a story around the rhythm, using the shipboard notes tha t began with a stupid horse and a wagon (Morgan, 81).After six months of questioning every word, Ted began exhibit the book to publishers under the title A degree That No single Can Beat. Twenty seven publishing houses rejected A Story That No One Can Beat during the winter of 1936-37 (Morgan, 81). On the day of his 27th rejection, Ted ran into an old Dartmouth friend, Mike McClintock. Mike had just became the new adolescent editor of Vanguard Press and offered to look at Teds book. pack Henle, the president of Vanguard Press, agreed to publish the book. But, he said, Youve got to give me a snappier title. Ted offered one that many considered unlikelier still And to Think that I Saw It on Mulberry Street (Morgan, 82). And with that, Dr. Seuss first childrens book, And to Think that I Saw It on Mulberry Street, was published by Vanguard Press in 1937.As his grateful homage to luck, Ted gave the name of McClintocks son Marco to the fabricator of Mulberry Street, and dedicated thi s first book to McClintocks wife, Helene (Morgan 82).