BIB_ID
380616
Accession number
MA 5026.23
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
undated [1941 or earlier].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 27.9 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from John Cheever to his wife, Mary Cheever. Letters are described in individual records; see MA 5026 for details.
Provenance
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Summary
Writing that he feels "ashamed of [him]self for galavanting off when [she] can't come with [him]"; describing a train ride, probably to Saratoga Springs; mentioning Elizabeth [Ames]; telling her about his afternoon of skiing; noting that he finds being in the country "as exciting as if [he] were in a leaky boat."
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