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John Burroughs letters to "Dear Sir,"
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John Burroughs wrote this letter from West Park, New York. It reads: "Yours of the 20th was duly read. I am writing very little these days, and am cautious about binding myself by promises. But if I should chance to have anything that would be suitable for your columns I will let you have it. Very sincerely John Burroughs."
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Maiden murders
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"'Maiden murders' is a collection of the first published short stories (in two cases the first unpublished short stories) by these talented writers and others of equal talent. They are maiden ventures, but as Mr. Carr says "they are iron maidens, full of sharp spikes and death." And each story is introduced by its author, informally, telling how he got it published, what his struggles were...The stories in 'Maiden murders' are good exciting reading--the backgrounds of how the stories came to be are entertaining and instructive. The anthology should delight both the fan and the student of writing"--Dust jacket.
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Open city no. 15
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Publisher: Open City (Los Angeles, Calif.) Related Content: "Notes of a dirty old man: I have met enough writers" (p. 13, short story) Note: "D66" written in ms. in upper left corner of p. [1]. Related Content Author: Charles Bukowski
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Charles Bukowski ; Philip Lamantia ; Harold Norse (Penguin modern poets 13) (monograph) no. 13
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Publisher: Penguin Books (London, England ; Harmondsworth) Related Content: "I cannot stand tears" ; "crucifix in a deathhand" ; "the Sunday artist" ; "a nice day" ; "the twins" ; "dinner, rain and transport" ; "the priest and the matador" ; "sunflower" ; "old man, dead in a room" ; "the day it rained at the Los Angeles County Museum" ; "counsel" ; "the loss, the loss, the loss" ; "the sun wields mercy" ; "I am with the roots of flowers" ; "love and fame and death" ; "they, all of them, know" ; "confession for those who do not breathe at funerals" ; "I wait in the white rain" ; "sway with me" ; "a report upon the consumption of myself" ; "a farewell thing while breathing" ; "I write this upon the last drink's hammer" ; "when the berry bush dies I'll swim down the green river with my hair on fire" ; "I was born to hustle roses down the avenues of the dead" ; "something for the touts, the nuns, the grocery clerks and you..." (p. 11, poems) Related Content Author: Charles Bukowski
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Ford and Connelley family correspondence
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The Ford and Connelley family correspondence consists of letters primarily addressed to Jerome Chester Ford and his wife, Minnie Belle Ford. The letters from Ford's son, Clinton Ireton Brainerd, mostly concern his finances. In a letter dated February 28, 1938, Clinton's wife writes "I have blamed myself a thousand times over, not that I should have been so insistant [sic] about getting out of the stock market but I have been so late in doing it...However, I am convinced of one thing that something in human nature that makes you hang on when you are apparently making money to try and make a little more is hard to overcome." The letters from Margaret Jean and Janet Anne Connelley are addressed to relatives, primarily thanking them for cards and gifts received. Note: Margaret Jean is often referred to as "Peggy." Connelley's wife, Margaret, writes lengthy letters updating her parents on family and social life. The bulk of Connelley's letters are written from the United States Navy Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where he teaches. In one letter, Connelley admits "I suppose I will stay here at the Naval Academ about a year and somebody has be here, but I feel funny not to be at sea fighting instead of being here teaching" (March 17, 1942). There are also several letters written on the USS Indianapolis (CA-35). Connelley blissfully writes "The wind is constant and the weather is perfect- a light blanket feels good at night. The white caps on the water are so very white against the blue of the water, it really is an intoxicating sight-diamonds against sapphires" (February 22, 1939). Additonal letters found in the collection are from other relatives.
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Connelley, Margaret [Mrs. H.H. Conneley] letters
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The Ford and Connelley family correspondence consists of letters primarily addressed to Jerome Chester Ford and his wife, Minnie Belle Ford. The letters from Ford's son, Clinton Ireton Brainerd, mostly concern his finances. In a letter dated February 28, 1938, Clinton's wife writes "I have blamed myself a thousand times over, not that I should have been so insistant [sic] about getting out of the stock market but I have been so late in doing it...However, I am convinced of one thing that something in human nature that makes you hang on when you are apparently making money to try and make a little more is hard to overcome." The letters from Margaret Jean and Janet Anne Connelley are addressed to relatives, primarily thanking them for cards and gifts received. Note: Margaret Jean is often referred to as "Peggy." Connelley's wife, Margaret, writes lengthy letters updating her parents on family and social life. The bulk of Connelley's letters are written from the United States Navy Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, where he teaches. In one letter, Connelley admits "I suppose I will stay here at the Naval Academ about a year and somebody has be here, but I feel funny not to be at sea fighting instead of being here teaching" (March 17, 1942). There are also several letters written on the USS Indianapolis (CA-35). Connelley blissfully writes "The wind is constant and the weather is perfect- a light blanket feels good at night. The white caps on the water are so very white against the blue of the water, it really is an intoxicating sight-diamonds against sapphires" (February 22, 1939). Additonal letters found in the collection are from other relatives.
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