Sayles: The genealogy of Professor Harold Hill
Of the tales of Meredith Willson, from those that became books, plays, radio shows and movies, Mason City history is rife with key real-life characters who have become ingrained within the meandering, homespun stories, written and told, of River City. I've always wondered about the roots of Professor Harold Hill, the protagonist of Willson's "The Music Man." JW Sayles Submitted Come to find out, as part of the composite character making up Harold Hill, a wee bit of the creation surfaces from the Music Man himself. "I didn't have to make up anything. I simply remembered Mason City ...
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