Thanks, Doris. He was married to the actress, Jean Seberg, maybe it was her? They found Batka in 1968, in Beverly Hills. He was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, same place as my maternal grandfather; yes, he was quite handsome. Sadly, I believe both Romain and Jean committed suicide, one year apart. Enjoy the read!! Paula, 56 days and counting ----Original Message Follows---- From: Doris E <irrenhaus4@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: psharp212@xxxxxxx, "showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Aggression towards owners Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 14:26:51 -0700 Here is another Welcome Back!!!!! Also, you influenced me to order White Dog from Amazon. A funny story. MANY years ago, I owned a pet shop in Hollywood. One day a rather flaky woman came in, and purchased for cash a Siamese kitten with instructions that I deliver it to a certain address. The address was the French Embassy in Los Angeles, and the Ambassador at that time was Romain Gary. Handsome devil!! Anyway, I delivered the kitten and a few days later he brought it back to my shop as he had been suddenly called home and could not take it with him. This would have been the mid-fifties, I think, and he had not as yet written White Dog. He would not take anything for the kitten, and seemed genuinely sorry to have to give it up. I never did find out who the flaky woman was. Doris E * ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================