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  Dr. Seuss was born in Springfield, Massachusetts
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  While he was in Europe he pitch his first nationalized cartoon called Eminent Europeans to Life Magazine.
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  He was inspired to write "And to Think I Saw That on Mulberry Street" on an ocean voyage to Europe.
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  As World War II began Dr. Suess turned to political cartoons, drawing over 400 in two years as editorial cartoonist for the left-leaning New York City daily newspaper.
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  After the war Dr. Seuss and his wife move to California and wrote famous books such as "Horton Here a Who!", "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!", and also Green Eggs and Ham!"