Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Last Fall I was doing research for book no.
5 in the Legacy of Iron series -- and I
suddenly found a clue about where Harry
Paschall was buried.
Now, if you're not familiar with Harry
Paschall, let me give you some background.
Harry was born in 1897 in North Central Ohio.
As a boy, he saw Arthur Saxon perform his
legendary strongman act. That prompted him to
save his pennies and buy a barbell set from
the Milo barbell Company.
He trained in secret -- in his bedroom --
following the old Milo courses to the letter.
In one year, he gained 25 pounds of muscle and
became a strongman in his own right.
he had some photos taken and sent them in to
Strength magazine -- and when they were published,
young Harry became world famous.
Later, he moved to New York City, where he trained
with Mark Berry and Sig Klein at Klein's famous
gymnasium.
Harry was an artist by trade, and he created the
wonderful BOSCO, a superhuman strongman modeled
(sort of) on Arthur Saxon.
Harry started writing for the muscle mags in the
1920's -- at the same time he was competing in lifting
contests and setting National records in his favorite
lift, the two hand snatch.
He wrote several terrific training books and courses.
You can get them from my good buddy, Bill Hinbern:
http://www.superstrengthtraining.com/harry_paschall.html
Harry always taught sane, sensible, Physical Culture. He
hated the "lumps at any cost" mentality. He wanted his
readers to be strong, healthy, well-conditioned, lean,
hard and muscular. His ideal was John Grimek -- who
was one of his close friends -- and he offered many
insights into John Grimek in his books and articles.
Harry is one of the main characters in my Legacy of Iron
books -- and when you read the books, you'll learn plenty
about Harry Paschall and his pals (Bob Hoffman, John
Grimek, Steve Stanko, Tony Terlazzo and the rest of the
gang).
Anyhow -- last Fall, I discovered where Harry is buried.
It's not in York, as I would have suspected. It was in
an old country cemetery in North central Ohio.
So Trudi and I drove up to pay our respects.
When we got there, we found that Harry was lying in an
unmarked grave.
We found his mother's grave - his father's grave -- his
brother's grave -- and they all had markers -- but Harry
lay next to them in an unmarked grave.
Well, that wasn't going to work. So when I got home, I
sent an email and called for donations to a special Harry
Paschall Memorial Fund.
The Dinos answered the call -- and in just a couple of days
we had enough money for a nice marker.
So here's the update.
Last week, the marker was set in place on Harry's grave. It's
black marble, it's big, and it's a work of art -- literally,
because it includes a large Bosco drawing carved right in the
center.
I have a photo of it, and I'm going to send a color copy of
the photo -- along with another special bonus -- to everyone
who contributed to the memorial Fund.
So to everyone who answered the call, and stood up and took
action -- I thank you, Harry thanks you, and Bosco thanks you!
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. There are five books in the Legacy of Iron series.
You can find them right here at Dinosaur Headquarters:
Book No. 1. Legacy of Iron:
http://www.brookskubik.com/legacy_of_iron.html
Book No. 2 -- Clouds of War:
http://www.brookskubik.com/clouds_of_war.html
Book No. 3 -- The 1,000 Pound Total
http://www.brookskubik.com/1000pound_total.html
Book No. 4 -- York Goes to War!
http://www.brookskubik.com/legacy_of_iron4.html
Book No. 5 -- Barbells in the Pacific
http://www.brookskubik.com/barbells_pacific.html
