Letters of note : an eclectic collection of correspondence deserving of a wider audience

Summary: "This collection of 125 letters offers a never-before-seen glimpse of the events and people of history--the brightest and the best, the most notorious, and the endearingly everyday. Letters are not ordered chronologically or thematically, but are artfully arranged for a discovery-rich reading experience. Each entry includes a transcript of the letter; a short contextual introduction; and, in 100 cases, a facsimile of the letter itself"--

Record details

ISBN: 1452134251
ISBN: 9781452134253
Physical Description: xvi, 352 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
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Publisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"First published in Great Britain in 2013 by Canongate Books Ltd in conjunction with Unbound"--Title page verso.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

I have not shot her yet / Dorothy Parker to Seward Collins -- Letter to a young poet / Rainer Maria Rilke to Franz Kappus -- What great births you have witnessed! / Mark Twain to Walt Whitman -- Einstein's one great mistake / Albert Einstein to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Come quick to me / Zelda Fitzgerald to F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Art is useless because. / Oscar Wilde to Bernulf Clegg -- I leave it in your capable hands / Mick Jagger to Andy Warhol -- Slaghterhouse-five / Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. to Kurt Vonnegut.