Monday, March 22, 1943

Dear Diary,

The following article was in the paper today: “Bob Hope will include North Africa in his tour of the United States, England, and Ireland. Bob will be away from Hollywood four months. When he returns he will write a book on his experiences in Army camps (this will include his trip to Alaska.). It will be a little more serious than his maiden effort at literature, They Got Me Covered, which circulated at the rate of something like three million copies. Only the Bible can top it.”

I hope this next book’s longer.