BIB_ID
381130
Accession number
MA 5026.141
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
[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.
Probably written while Cheever was at Camp Croft, S.C., though he does not include a place of writing.
Probably written while Cheever was at Camp Croft, S.C., though he does not include a place of writing.
Provenance
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Summary
Sending photographs he forgot to enclose last time; commenting on the heat where he is compared to the heat in New York; describing the obstacle course they are running and noting, "it's more comedy than anything else"; remarking that he stayed in camp to work instead of going into town, but "the radios and the ping-pong games" were too distracting; reporting that they are taking the Browning Automatic Rifles to the range tomorrow or the next day.
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