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James Bond
Birds of the West Indies
James Bond, known to his friends as; Jim, was a Philadelphia
ornithologist and the author of a book called Birds of the West India.
While the bird-watching book may not have been a bestseller, it did
catch the attention of an Englishman named Ian Fleming. At the time,
Fleming was living in Jamaica and writing a book of his own. It was
the story of an as yet unnamed British secret agent who had the code
name 007.
One day, as Fleming was sitting at breakfast looking through his
favorite non-fiction tide, he found the perfect name for his hero:
Bond, James Bond.
Interestingly, the name Bond was not chosen because it was strong,
exotic, or even memorable. As Fleming later wrote, "It struck me that
this name, brief, unromantic and yet very masculine, was just what I
needed." Jim Bond didn't know about his fictional namesake until the
early 1960s when he read an interview in which Fleming explained the
origin of his character's name.
James Bond 007
In 1961, Bond's wife, Mary, wrote to Fleming and half jokingly
threatened to sue him for defamation of character. Fleming replied, "I
most confess that your husband has every reason to sue me.... In
return, I can only offer your James Bond unlimited use of the name Ian
Fleming for any purpose he may think fit."
From the book The Name's Familiar by Laura Lee Buy The Book!
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