BIB_ID
381302
Accession number
MA 5026.173
Creator
Cheever, John.
Display Date
"Sunday Morning" [1945 Apr. 1].
Credit line
Gift of the Family of Carter Burden, 1998.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 24.1 cm
Notes
Date is based on MA 5026.172, postmarked Mar. 31, 1945; this letter was written on the same train trip.
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.
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
Describing the scenery on his train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles; remarking that "crossing these plains on a wagon must have been a profound experience. On a train it's fairly dull"; noting that the towns "all have signs up advertising their association with Zane Grey, petrified forests, Indian tribal dances, and rodeos."
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