Catalog Search Results
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xix, 538 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Description
"In 1970, Ross Macdonald wrote a letter to Eudora Welty, beginning a thirteen-year correspondence between fellow writers and kindred spirits. Though separated by background, geography, genre, and his marriage, the two authors shared their lives in witty, wry, tender, and at times profoundly romantic letters, each drawing on the other for inspiration, comfort, and strength. They brought their literary talents to bear on a wide range of topics, discussing...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
viii, 284 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
"In 1969, Allen Ginsberg wrote to his friend, fellow poet, and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, "Alas, telephone destroys letters!" Fortunately, however, by then the two had already exchanged a treasure trove of personal correspondence, and more than any other documents, their letters-intimate, opinionated, and action-packed-reveal the true nature of their lifelong friendship and creative relationship. Collected here for the first time, they offer...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Formats
Description
"I am now writing up some notes, but when they will be ready for publication I do not know... It will be a long time before anything is arranged in book form." These words of John Muir, written in June 1912 to a friend, proved prophetic. The journals and notes to which the great naturalist and environmental figure was referring have languished, unpublished and virtually untouched, for nearly a century. Until now. Here edited and published for the
...Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xxvii, 395 pages, 8 unnumbered page of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Available for the first time and collected in one volume, the letters of one of America’s most beloved authors, Laura Ingalls Wilder—a treasure trove that offers new and unexpected understanding of her life and work. The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder is a vibrant, deeply personal portrait of this revered American author, illuminating her thoughts, travels, philosophies, writing career, and dealings with family, friends, and fans as...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
528 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), portraits ; 25 cm.
Description
"A collection of letters between Martha Gellhorn and her family, friends, lovers, politicians and cultural figures during the 1930's USA, Spanish Civil War, Cuba with Hemingway, Europe in World War II and the post-war period."--
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Request an item not in the catalog. Submit Request