Carpenter's wrong.  I can personally attest to having shared
many a meal with EP, at which--in his eighties--he still
enjoyed his glass of white wine.  White, never red.
==Dan P
 
>... Mr. Carpenter (in "A Serious Character") made the claim in
>several places that Pound never had the slightest urge to partake in
>alcohol and his few experiences with the substance left him thoroughly
>nonplussed.  I don't have the book to hand but anyone with the time and
>inclination can find the references.  Pound was, conclusively, at least
>from Carpenter's view, for all intents and purposes a teetotaller.
>
>Cheers to all and sundry,
>Michael K.
>
 
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