Richard Halliburton 1900-1939
“No, there's going to be no even tenor with me. The more uneven it is the happier I shall be."
“And when my time comes to die, I'll be able to die happy, for I will have done and seen and heard and experienced all the joy, pain, thrills — every emotion that any human ever had — and I'll be especially happy if I am spared a stupid, common death in bed.”
Well, he would get his wish.
The late 19th and early-to-mid 20th centuries were the age of what c…