The Selected Letters of Willa Cather
- ISBN-10
- 0804172277
- ISBN-13
- 9780804172271
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 715
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Willa Cather
Description
A first publication of the acclaimed writer's personal correspondences includes whimsical teenage reports of her 1880s Red Cloud life, letters written during her early journalism years and the 1940s exchanges penned in observation of World War II and her own struggles with aging. 20,000 first printing.
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