BIB_ID
288063
Accession number
MA 6426.25
Creator
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.
Display Date
shortly after 1938 May 24.
Credit line
Purchased on the John F. Fleming Fund, 2007.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.6 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of letters and telegrams primarily between John Steinbeck and Pare Lorentz.
The book Steinbeck "just finished" is his "L'Affaire Lettuceberg." The long work referenced is his as yet untitled "The Grapes of Wrath."
Written in response to a telegram (MA 6426.24) sent by Lorentz on 24 May 1938.
The book Steinbeck "just finished" is his "L'Affaire Lettuceberg." The long work referenced is his as yet untitled "The Grapes of Wrath."
Written in response to a telegram (MA 6426.24) sent by Lorentz on 24 May 1938.
Provenance
Sale (New York, Bonhams, 20 June 2007, lot 5233).
Summary
Expressing regret that he missed Lorentz's telephone calls and radio broadcasts [of "Ecce Homo!"]. Noting that he has "just finished a book and it is lousy, so [he is] throwing it away," and has returned to his long work "with enthusiasm and ... some force." Discussing Hollywood and Broadway. Hoping that Lorentz can visit soon, as Steinbeck "has a feeling [they] could work together and [that he doesn't] feel that way about anyone else."
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