BIB_ID
380702
Accession number
MA 5026.41
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
"Friday" [1942].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25.3 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.
Written while Cheever was at Camp Croft, S.C., but he doesn't include a place of writing.
Written while Cheever was at Camp Croft, S.C., but he doesn't include a place of writing.
Provenance
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Summary
Telling her that he tried to telephone her; writing, "Today we were introduced to creeping and crawling through woods. Tonight we were confined to Barracks by our sadistic Sergeant and we've been working ever since supper"; discussing some of his friends who are not in the army; suggesting plans for when she comes to visit him in South Carolina.
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